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Wow! A rare moment of conscience for the General Assembly.
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DGM
August 13th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Conscience? LOL! Really? Is that really what you think led to the pay raise rejection? Conscience?
No…I’d argue it was shrewd to give the public the perception that they (the lawmakers) are aware that the lawmakers have done ZERO to “deserve” a pay raise.
The in-fighting between Democrats continues…leading to NO legislation…the Republicans are a party of Boobs that can’t even coalesce to take advantage of the Democrats impotence.
No, conscience wasn’t a factor…the public outcry and antipathy toward the lawmakers (and possible loss in the next election) is what led to the rejection of the pay raises.
I don’t believe that most politicians even have what we call a “conscience.”