Posted by
Katy Grimes on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:56:47 PM
The Sacramento Bee online is reporting "At the close of business on Monday, the California state controller's office reported that 30 out of 40 state senators have submitted letters requesting 5 percent salary cuts."
It's hard to get worked up... wow - 5%... such a sacrifice.
Most private sector employees that I've talked to have taken 20% pay reductions.
What does this mean in hard numbers?
For an employee that makes $60,000 per year, 20% reduces them to $48,000 ($1,000 per month);
5% reduces them to $57,000 ($250 per month).
For a Senator who earns $100,000, 5% is only a $5,000 reduction ($416 per month),
and 20% is a $20,000 reduction ($1,666 per month).
You can understand the lack of pity by most people. And their per diem, cars, phones, pensions, etc... are untouched.
Whoopdie frickin' doooo, as one guy said.
It's business as usual for California's elected folks.