California law makers vote to give themselves & Moonbeam Jerry Brown $5,000 pay hike

I guess California is out of their recession and all the budget deficits are fixed. Lawmakers in the land of fruits and nuts voted to give themselves and Governor Moonbeam Jerry Brown a $5,000 per year pay hike. I don?t want to hear any more from California about closing school, parks, or needing government bailouts. If they can afford to give their useless lawmakers pay hikes of $5,000 per year, they should be able to survive without extra tax payer money.

California lawmakers will get a pay raise of nearly $5,000 this year while the governor will see an increase of nearly $9,000 after a citizens? panel voted Wednesday to restore some of the cuts it made during the recession.

Last year?s 5 percent pay cut by the California Citizens Compensation Commission ?was very heavily driven by the financial condition of the state,? commissioner Scott Somers noted. He said he struggled over whether now is the right time to raise salaries in light of the recent discussions over the state budget.

?How do we now say, ?But by the way, we?ve got enough money to restore the 5 percent cut for you guys,??? Somers said. ?That feels a little funny to me. ? That?s a little bit of a dilemma for me.?

Brown has urged lawmakers not to restore all the spending cuts for state programs made during the recession.

The commission voted 5-1 in favor of restoring the wages to 2011 levels, amounting to a raise of slightly more than 5 percent of current pay. The panel also voted 4-2 to have the state contribute more to the cost of the elected officials? health care but stopped short of restoring all the cuts it previously made to health benefits.

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