Popular Governor Palin Rejects 20% Raise - Congress Takes Raise |
US Congress has lowest approval ratings in history - 9% |
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Editors published 12/19/2008 1:05:00 PM
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Source: Palin won't accept raise Kyle Hopkins , Alaska Daily News
Sarah Palin has rejected a 20% pay raise saying it's not appropriate.
The US Congress forced auto CEOs to accept a $1 salary and forego corporate jets, then turned around and gladly accepted a raise of $4,700 each for themselves, or a total of $2.5 annually.
Palin will not accept her raise.
A new state commission appointed by Palin recommends boosting the governor's pay from $125,000 to $150,000. The State Officers Compensation Commission says the lieutenant governor, department heads and legislators need more money too.
But if the commission pushes ahead with a pay raise, Palin won't accept the money, said spokesman Bill McAllister.
While the Democratic Congress gladly takes the grease.
A crumbling economy, more than 2 million constituents who have lost their jobs this year, and congressional demands of CEOs to work for free did not convince lawmakers to freeze their own pay.
Instead, they will get a $4,700 pay increase, amounting to an additional $2.5 million that taxpayers will spend on congressional salaries, and watchdog groups are not happy about it.
“As lawmakers make a big show of forcing auto executives to accept just $1 a year in salary, they are quietly raiding the vault for their own personal gain,” said Daniel O’Connell, chairman of The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), a non-partisan group.
Now you know why the Democratic Congress is the least popular in history
Approval of Congress’ job performance is down to single digits again for the first time since early September.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of likely voters found that only nine percent (9%) give Congress good or excellent ratings, while 54% give the legislature poor marks. Just one-out-of-50 voters (2%) think Congress is doing an excellent job.
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