Calif. lawmakers hand out pay raises amid cuts

[RoadVirus]

The state is in debt up to it's eyeballs and cities are declaring bankruptcy left and right, and these dinks are handing out PAY RAISES?? The people of California voted these braindeads in, they deserve the consequences.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have handed out raises to more than 1,000 employees of the Legislature in the last year, even as they made deep budget cuts and trimmed pay for other state workers. The news comes as Democrats promote a November ballot initiative seeking to temporarily raise income and sales taxes to help ease California's ongoing budget woes.

Calif. lawmakers hand out pay raises amid cuts - SFGate

 

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HAHAHA I cant wait till they scale back union benefits and then explain this

A spokesman for Steinberg, Rhys Williams, said the merit increases (LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL) came after several years of pay freezes and reductions in operating expenses in the Legislature. He said the cost of living has risen much faster than legislative pay over the last five years.
He said it is wrong for opponents of Gov. Jerry Brown's November tax initiative to link the salaries to Democrats who control both houses of the state Legislature.

AWWWWWW does he, well we shouldnt do it then, who the hell is this moron?