You are the first poster from Louisiana on this thread. I am amazed at the knee jerk reactions of so many here to blast someone without any facts whatsoever. I have been doing some research to try and learn more. From what I can gather, a part time legislator is going to go from a 16,800 annual salary to 30-45% of US Congresses pay. 30 for regular legislators and 45 for senate and house leaders. On top of that, monthly expense accounts will go from $500 to $1000. That means a raise from $16,800 to $50,790 & $76,185. The Louisiana people have a right to be totally pissed. They have a very legitimate complaint.
Count me as the second poster...but I’m not from LA.
I’ve not been here for a while, so I hope you will enlighten me.
Your numbers are correct and I would add that the crowd
in Baton Rouge voted themselves Life Time Health Care last
year,,,LIFE TIME!!!
How much is that worth ?
Wives Too !
FWIW : The pay raise takes effect in 10 days! July First!
The bone that was thrown to the TAXPAYERS won't happen till
2009!
You shouldn't be. This "I'm better than you" mentality has been pervasive for a few years now.
For the life of me, I can't figure out what the sign up date has to do with the ability to form an opinion. It's seems a tad arrogant to suggest no one is able to think without the help of Free Republic. I dare say, all the nastiness has more to do with the posters inability to express their own opinions than anything else.