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The second paragraph (Pennsylvania expressly acknowledges that...) seems to come out of nowhere. The references are unclear, and seem to assume that "the original 1864 amendment" was already introduced as a topic of discussion. The language is choppy. It covers a very specific issue, but not very
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It should not be hard for me, and others, to produce these figures. It just involves checking out and union contracts,census data, and public salaries in general. Saying you want to see the figures is not saying these figures are wrong. Looking at the Pennsylvania Manual, for instance, easily
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The 2003 Pennsylvania Manual lists the level of educational attainment for all legislators. In the Senate, 24 of the 50 members--48% have at least one graduate or professional degree. An additional 16 of the 50 members--32%--have a bachelor's degree. In summary, 80% have at least one college
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The December 2003 Pennsylvania Manual lists the year of the birth date for almost all state legislators in the 2003-2004 session (a few generally older legislators decline to list their year of birth.) A legislator who was 45 in 2004 would have been born in 1959. 41 of the 50 state
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We must remove the following paragraph unless someone can a) provide references to source material to support the salary claims, since this is assertion is so contrary to media reports; and b) follow up on the excellent first sentence by explaining more than one point of view. --
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But they are considerably higher than the salaries of the average Pennsylvanian, who has both far less work experience and educational attainment than does the average Peennsylvania legislator. In addition, Pennsylvania legislators work far longer hours than does the average
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I'll start producing data soon; others are welcome to do likewise. None of this should be shocking: running for office is a competitive process, and hard-working well-qualified people tend to win the vast majority of the time because of voter preferences in that direction.
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I too think that it should be separated out. I came to Knowledge specifically to search for a page about this incident, and I expected to find it on its own page (perhaps with a link from the General Assembly page). I believe that organization makes the most sense.
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categories. The most relevant category for this current debate is the category of annual wages for experienced people. In 21 of these 34 categories, the average annual wages were higher than the base annual wages for state legislators after the pay raise.
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I have the same compaint about this paragraph. References, references! Let's see some salary, education and work experience statistics on the "average Pennsylvanian" and "average Peennsylvania legislator" to back up these counterintuitive claims. --
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that the legislature is the most expensive in the country at $ 300 million. Can only find one solid source for this. The same one, a columnist. Really needs outside verification.
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