Guest Column: Time To Revisit South Carolina Legislators’ Compensation
“Given the demands of doing this job right, is it fair that we ask them to do it for pay rates from the last century?”
“Given the demands of doing this job right, is it fair that we ask them to do it for pay rates from the last century?”
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Agree on every front. I would add that lawyer legislators should not be able to operate within the SC court system for the duration of their legislative tenure, nor should they ever be able to serve in a courtroom before a judge they themselves voted for/against or nominated.
Also, do we really need to have a full legislative session each year. Could we not consolidate it to 1 busy year with a rather full schedule, then every other year have a reduced schedule for emergency matters only?
The Per Diem comes out to be $223 dollars a day on meals which is NON taxable. That’s a generous amount given that their constantly being wined and dined by various lobbying groups under the guise of “non profit associations”.