Pa. Legislators Get Pay Hike

The wise men and women who make up Pennsylvania’s legislature are scheduled to get a 3 percent pay raise, Monday, bringing their base pay to $82,026.

No vote is needed for this hike as it was made automatic many moons ago in the 1990s.

For those concerned that these hard-working people are not paid enough, please remember that the $82,026  does not include retirement and health packages and neat little perks like per diems, and that the committee chairman and legislative leaders get paid more. In fact, the salaries of the four legislative leaders — two from each party — rises to $118,845.

For my Tea Party friends, the party that controls the legislature now is the Republicans.


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