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South Carolina Senators Vote Themselves Massive Pay Raise
Budget amendment would dramatically increase state lawmakers’ compensation…
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OUT-F’ing-RAGEOUS!
This seems to be “The Year Of Dumbshit Bills” in the South Carolina Legislature. Cell Phone bill, Hate Crimes bill, Crucify A Great State Treasurer bill, Give Ourselves A Big Raise bill, and what else? We would have all been better off paying these clowns to just stay at home, this year. Hopefully, the session ends with most of this dumbassery un-passed.
Allen Blackmon seems determined to be just like his predecessor, a one hit (term) wonder. Keep it up Allen. Your self importance will be remembered in 2028.
KC Voter. Give me a call at 803 804 2189. Thanks, Allen
Of the thirteen newly elected senators in 2924, eleven of them voted for the pay increase. Great example for fiscal responsibility, you new guys. And the House of Rrpresentatives won’t be far behind.
The people of South Carolina voted each and every one of these people in. And, no matter what nonsense they engage in, keep putting them in office.
But tell me again how great it would be for us to let those same people elect our judges in popular elections?
There is much more time committed to these positions than just the days they are required to be in Columbia. The reimbursement they get for travel to and from Columbia comes with all of the costs of traveling to and from Columbia, so the actual, legitimate financial compensation for these highly important positions is likely less than minimum wage.. The politicians that oppose increasing pay for these positions aren’t interested in saving taxpayers money. They’re opposed to relinquishing control and influence to people that don’t have an income source that pays them while they’re not actually on the job.
Which Senate district do you represent?
I hold no elected position. It just hasn’t escaped my notice that a normal middle class person couldn’t run for a legislative seat because they wouldn’t be able to generate enough money to live on. That’s all. It really narrows the field of potential candidates down, and not in a good way.
I am all for paying represenatives & senators a much higher wage than they currently earn, with a direct prohibition to using their position for personal gain. Lawyers should be barred from practicing law or recieving income from the legal community at the SC level during their tenure and for a number of years following their tenure to insure that law making does not create legal loopholes that they can exploit professionally. We need to attract mindful professionals to take on the task of running our state, and at the current rate of pay only independently wealthy persons can afford to do so. Further more, employers (including state and federal government) can’t readily allow any employee to take off from their day job enough time to serve. Business owners and independently wealthy individuals are the only ones left that can affort to serve.
Exactly!!!
Well folks I am at a lost for words at the moment trying to figure out just what is going on in this country and SC today, the Republicans would have you to believe everything is great and the flip side the Democrats say we are sinking and fast ,well I could buy into both sides stories because they both have this state and country so mess up with lies it seems like they tell one and another to back that one up with and we the dumb taxpayers buy into this big lie,, and on top of that we pay them a Thousand dollars a day for their incompetence and today or a few days ago they come together after fighting day in and day out to give there self a big nice raise like we approve of there job,, well I got some sad news folks I would fired yall in a heartbeat you folks are the biggest part of the problem you don’t deserve No raise but off your rear ends and find you a ride home.I guess it true when it’s time to hang together to pad the old pocket you good old boys in SC will hang together.