Liberty and Justice for All!

Prohibit Legislators from giving themselves pay raises that take effect before the subsequent election.

Any increase in salary approved by the Legislature should take effect after the next election so the public can decide who deserves that compensation.

Well isn’t this interesting! Bobby Jindal caught with his proverbial pants down in a bold faced campaign lie. Furthermore, Jindal (in a typical Jindal ploy) has refused to speak to the media about this story. So much for his promised transparency.

My view on legislator salaries is this. It should clearly be a matter for the public to decide. If the legislators want a raise, put it up for the voters. Allowing the legislators to give themselves raises would be like me walking into work and telling my boss “my salary will now be double”.  It is absurd.  

Ironically, Blanco took the better approach on legislator pay raises. She said that she would not support a legislator pay raise until teacher salaries rose as well. Using the carrot, she got what she wanted. Jindal, by backing down to the legislators, has shown an inadequacy in his leadership abilities. He basically allowed the legislature to give him the terms and not the other way around. Again Jindal helps to prove all of the people right who warned Louisiana voters about him. I wonder how long it will take the voters to realize their mistake.

I do agree with Oyster that there are many more issues that we should be outraged about. However, what does outrage me about this issue the most was a report on WWL TV tonight that the legislature did not vote for a pay raise for fire fighters. That is an absolute shame. I will update the blog when I can track down a story about this.  

The bottom line is this. Jindal promised something in his campaign and then failed to follow through. He is a liar, someone who would do anything to get elected, and has defrauded our state.  

WWL has a list of legislators who voted against and rejected the raise.