Comments on Advance Indiana™: Indiana Law Blog Debunks "Transparency" of Legislative Pay Raise

Unless we pay these folks more, only the wealthy o...

2007-03-05T09:59:00.000-05:00

Unless we pay these folks more, only the wealthy or semi-retired will be able to afford serving in the General Assembly.

Or public employees.

And that combination has served us SO well lately.

Nonetheless, these clowns have got to come up with a pay system that properly compensates them, and does so without side games or hide-the-banana approaches.

There is almost zero confidence in them now. This salary/pension proposal will kill most of the rest of the support.

Maybe, on second thought, you have to destroy something to build it back up.

But as long as the Vern Tinchers and Jackie whatevers continue to win, we're lost anyway, whatever we pay them

Are we supposed to be surprised? These folks are ...

2007-03-05T06:40:00.000-05:00

Are we supposed to be surprised? These folks are nothing but elite hacks who think they are better than everyone else. I hear a few are actually decent people. They complain that around $40K/year is too low to get the common person to run. $40K/year is actually pretty decent pay in todays economy. These folks just want to pad their own personal nest even further. It is sickening, very sickening. This is another example of why it is morally right to cheat on your taxes or make some cash money, tax-free, on the side. This country is dead anyway, there is no way we can stop the coming burnoff.

I've always thought these guys weren't paid proper...

2007-03-05T05:43:00.000-05:00

I've always thought these guys weren't paid properly, or, perhaps, enough.

But this isn't the way to change that.

Timing is all wrong. And obviously, the language is ridiculous.