The practiced politicians in the Massachusetts House and Senate, working under cover of a dull rules debate and a national political spectacle, recently passed whopping pay increases for themselves and other elected officeholders and members of the judiciary. The raises put some of these folks at the very top levels of earning scale in Massachusetts.
The Senate President and Speaker, each set to earn approximately $142,000, will earn nearly triple that of the average family in Boston. According to his web site Senate President Stan Rosenberg is a "humble and hardworking man." With his new pay raise, he'll receive 185 percent more than the average family in Amherst, where he lives. That's humbling.
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