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Home Front: Politix
NY Gov's Staffers Get Secret Raises Amid 'Freeze'
2009-02-17
Gov. Paterson has secretly granted raises of as much as 46 percent to more than a dozen staffers at a time when he has asked 130,000 state workers to give up 3 percent pay hikes because of the state's fiscal crisis, The Post has learned.
What did you think he was going to do with the pörn tax?
The startling pay hikes, costing about $250,000 annually, were granted after the governor's "emergency" declaration in August of a looming fiscal crisis that required the state to cut spending and impose a "hard" hiring freeze.

One raise was approved as recently as last month - when Paterson claimed the budget deficit had reached an unprecedented $15.5 billion.
Posted by:Fred

#8  True, lotp, but Jim's comment ("I frankly don't see any difference.") still stands. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-02-17 16:30  

#7  As I recall, Orwell was directly criticizing the Soviet Union under Stalin.

FWIW
Posted by: lotp   2009-02-17 15:39  

#6  I read "Animal Farm " some years ago, and the man was spot on, I hear the sheep chorus daily, "Men Baaaad" only now it's changed to
Whoever's against ME, Baaaad ("Me" being Democrats.)

("DEM"S GOOD, OTHERS BAAAAD)

I would have to say the DNC either uses Animal Farm as it's "Bible", or was the model "Animal Farm " was based on.
I frankly don't see any difference.
Posted by: Rednek Jim   2009-02-17 14:08  

#5  Lauren, Chardee, and Charlotte.... those fellas really did GOOD!
Posted by: Besoeker   2009-02-17 10:37  

#4  These days, the state just sees themselves as another corporate giant and acts accordingly.
Posted by: tu3031   2009-02-17 09:41  

#3  This is how Wall St. will beat the bonus limitations of Obama's TARP II funding. Raise pay!
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2009-02-17 09:38  

#2  Four legs good, two legs bad better. - George Orwell's Animal Farm
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-02-17 08:11  

#1  Whenever the bosses talk about cutting costs, they are never talking about themselves.
Posted by: gromky   2009-02-17 01:34  

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