They deserve a pay raise??? NO, my god they have sunk the economy with a $4.3 billion dollar hole. A pay raise? I don’t think so. I say more like impeachment for all of them is a more plausible idea.

New York’s Part-Time Legislators

New York lawmakers are apparently poised to raise their own salaries, possibly by more than 20 percent. If they do, the question is what we — the taxpayers — will get in return.

There is no way that any reasonable person can argue that this Legislature has actually earned a pay raise. So for months now, Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been trying to get the legislators to pass modest campaign finance reform in exchange for more pay.

Senate Republicans, now in full battle with the governor, have so far resisted the deal. But stiffening the campaign finance reform rules is the very least the Legislature should do before Mr. Spitzer agrees to the creation of a commission that would raise legislators’ pay automatically in the future.

The governor should, in fact, insist on more. It is hard to imagine that he has the political clout to get it, but in addition to campaign finance reform he should insist that the legislators be more transparent about the work they do on the side. more–>

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