No Balanced Budget, No Raise
Posted by Jim Harper
Ben Goddard writes in The Hill about the new taxpayer revolt in California this week. The political establishment put together a package of initiatives that it thought would fix the budget process there – but the people weren’t buying it. The only thing they passed was the measure to ban salary increases for legislators if [...]
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Limiting Politicians’ Pay
Posted by Jim Harper
California Proposition 1F is a measure on the ballot for the May 19 election in California.
It would prohibit the state commission that sets salary levels for the governor, other top state officials, and members of the California State Legislature from increasing those salaries if the state General Fund is expected to end the year with [...]
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