5% raise approved for Gov. Jerry Brown and California lawmakers

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5% raise approved for Gov. Jerry Brown and California lawmakers
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/political/la-me-pc-pay-raises-california-legislature-20130619,0,6448702.story

SACRAMENTO -- A state panel on Wednesday approved a 5% pay raise for Gov. Jerry Brown, legislators and other state elected officials, restoring the salary level they received before it was cut during last year’s budget problems.

The California Citizens Compensation Commission also agreed to increase the state’s contribution to the health benefits of state elected officials by 10%, restoring half of the amount cut in 2009.

The panel’s action boosts the salary of Brown from $165,288 to $173,987 in December, and increases legislators’ pay from $90,520 to $95,291 at the same time. Raises will also be provided to the state attorney general, state treasurer and other constitutional officers.

Yes, the state is in the red. 

California in the red by $127.2 billion, state auditors say
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/1/california-red-1272-billion-state-auditors-say/

A financial report issued by state auditors finds that the state of California is in the red by an unsustainable $127.2 billion.

The report says that the state’s negative status increased that year, largely because it spent $1.7 billion more than it received in revenues and wound up with an accumulated deficit of just under $23 billion in fiscal year 2011-2012, the Sacramento Bee stated.

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Lib logic. The same lib logic is applied to owebuma, wherein owebuma is praised for averting a depression. In the case of the granola state (when lib logic is applied), they deserve a raise because the elected leaders have prevented bankruptcy.