Politics of Pay-Raise Pressure
Add comment August 17th, 2008
In my weekly column, I took a look back at the Legislature’s deliberations over whether to grant lawmakers and other high-ranking officials a pay raise …Â
The Legislature’s consideration of whether to grant pay raises for lawmakers, constitutional officers and state agency directors was a study in the self-serving design of Illinois government.
Fortunately for taxpayers, it also was a study in how citizen outrage may — when it really counts — drive decision-making.
At issue was whether to raise lawmaker’s base salary from $67,836 to $72,985, under the report. Lawmakers rejected that raise, but not before much game playing. What do you think?
How much of a raise should lawmakers get?
