[newzjunkey]

Um... it's the taxpayer's money. The money should be spent on things that benefit the taxpayers (much by mandate) and *NOT* a 12% pay raise for the assholes who got us in this financial mess and are obstructionists at getting us out.

Thanks to the Dem legislature, highway construction, expansion and repair is at a virtual standstill because of raids of the funds. They only care about power, not problem solving and thus do whatever they can to keep issues alive for their union backers.

[calcowgirl]

I oppose most of the people in the legislature. That doesn't mean that the job never deserves a pay raise. They got a 12% raise, after not having any raise since 1998.

Visualize what you would consider to be the perfect legislative candidate. How much would that person deserve to be paid?

The issue is not the pay-raise. The issue is the leftists that have taken control of the legislature.

Funny, throwing taxpayer money at stem-cell research and hydrogen highways is okay with so many.