Even as the year draws to an end, soon-to-be-former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi takes another swipe against American taxpayers. For the second time this year, she’s raised the ceiling on how much House staffers can make. Funny how she waited to make the announcement until the last working day of the year, a time when Congress is in recess. Gee, I wonder if she felt the need to outdo President Biden and the omnibus bill that had to be flown to him in St. Croix earlier this week.
A bit of near history. In August 2021, Pelosi raised the maximum salary for House staffers to $199, 300, up from $173,900. Earlier this year, she once again raised staffers’ maximum pay to $203, 700. I don’t know about you, but I’d be pretty darned happy with these two raises. I certainly wouldn’t be clamoring for more money so soon. Not that the staffers needed to. Yesterday, Pelosi raised the ceiling again. This time to $212,100. If my math’s right, that means a possible $38,000 raise in less than two years.
Damn, I wish I could get a raise like that.
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