I’m sure the liberal/progressive/socialists will be all over this — according to the Daily News, those change agents know as the Senate Democrats, actually increased the overall Senate payroll by 5%:
The fiscal crisis didn’t stop Democrats from increasing the Senate payroll 5% after grabbing control of the chamber in January, the Daily News has learned.
The annual Senate payroll is now $63.2 million, up from $60.3 million at the end of last year, state records show.
Senate GOP spokesman John McArdle said at the same time the Dems cut funding for the Republican minority by 58%.
My take: we should consider ourselves lucky — 5 percent is only about half of how much they raised state spending and less than 20% of how much they raised the state welfare grant.
The fiscal crisis didn’t stop Democrats from increasing the Senate payroll 5% after grabbing control of the chamber in January, the Daily News has learned.
The annual Senate payroll is now $63.2 million, up from $60.3 million at the end of last year, state records show.
Senate GOP spokesman John McArdlesaid at the same time the Dems cut funding for the Republican minority by 58%.
The fiscal crisis didn’t stop Democrats from increasing the Senate payroll 5% after grabbing control of the chamber in January, the Daily News has learned.
The annual Senate payroll is now $63.2 million, up from $60.3 million at the end of last year, state records show.
Senate GOP spokesman John McArdlesaid at the same time the Dems cut funding for the Republican minority by 58%.