When Democrats Are in Charge

The Humanity                         Have you seen food prices lately? My staff hafta eat too ya-no White House Top 20 Pay Raises Have you looked at food prices lately? My staff have to live too ya-no ... cuzzin ricky Then there's this - California lawmakers hand out pay raises amid cuts -Meanwhile, thousands of state employees are being required to take one day a month of unpaid leave, which amounts to a pay cut of about 5 percent. The reduction was part of the state budget that lawmakers approved last month and signed by Brown.  [Money Shot follows] "Union members had furloughs, which has resulted in pay cuts, but in the meantime they have continued to receive merit step increases, which have offset those pay cuts," said Williams, of Steinberg's office. "So the notion that there is some sort of imbalance there is not right. They have continued to receive merit step increases, which the Senate has just frozen."  And Finally - Unemployment rate dropped in EVERY state that elected a Republican governor in 2010!