For the second time in recent years, state politicians face a pay cut, an automatic reduction triggered by the declining income of households in Massachusetts.
Members of the House and Senate will see a 1.8 percent drop in pay this year, as will the governor and lieutenant governor, treasurer, attorney general, auditor, and secretary of state. The governor’s salary is expected to drop to about $137,315.
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The reduction should amount to $6600 or 10% of their pay - that's what these people voted to take away from hard working police officers across the state under the guise of belt-tightening. What's good for the goose....