Did You Know?

[Harrison]

Members of the Michigan House and Senate are the second highest-paid state legislators in the United States, behind only California.

Base member annual pay: $79,650


Additional annual expense allowance: $12,000
I don't believe this, I think they get WAY more in expenses!!!!


Supplements are paid to the following 12 legislative officers:

Speaker of the House: $27,000
Majority leader in the Senate: $26,000
Minority leaders in both House and Senate: $22,000
Majority floor leaders in both House and Senate: $12,000
Minority floor leaders in both House and Senate: $10,000
Chair of Appropriations Committee in both House and Senate: $7,000
House speaker pro tempore and Senate president pro tempore: $5,513

In more than 30 states, the position of state legislator is a part-time job with a salary of $30,000 or less. Texas — the second most populous state and second largest geographically — pays lawmakers $7,200 per year.

Some pay much less: New Hampshire legislators are paid a salary of $200 for a two-year term of office, Alabama pays $10 per day and New Mexico offers no salary at all — just expenses.

[LPTaxpayer]

Even more reason why we don't need two layers of full-time state legislators, who work part-time.

Just think of the money our state budget can save if we place them on part-time status...instead of full-time. (But, is anyone kidding anyone? They won't make the change because it will hit them in the pocket-book. Instead...keep increasing taxes and fees to "nickle and dime" the "regular" people to death.)