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1 To Chew On. Our State Legistlators Rank 18th in Pay Nationally.
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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 2475268" data-attributes="member: 229"><p>Base salary is only (a small) part of the equation. That's how you hide money - put it in compensation packages. </p><p></p><p>Average Oklahoma Legislator makes base pay of 38,400 plus the $147 per day and that doesn't count other expenses they're allowed (there was a local news report about this a while back, but I can't seem to find the link). </p><p></p><p>Not bad for part-time work when the other 2/3 of your year is filled with representing lobbyists' interests in some form (to be fair, not all OK congressmen/women are doing this). Also remember - no degree is required, nor is there a qualification test or any sort of measure of their success/failure the way state-student tests and evaluations are used to measure teachers.</p><p></p><p>And there are all sorts of odd-requirements surrounding when they get to be off and when the work day has to end:</p><p></p><p></p><p>Edit - best I can tell, OK Senate was in session for 53 days last year and the House only had 70 days on their calendar - that's like less than half the time teachers work (and everybody gripes because they get 2 1/2 months off).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 2475268, member: 229"] Base salary is only (a small) part of the equation. That's how you hide money - put it in compensation packages. Average Oklahoma Legislator makes base pay of 38,400 plus the $147 per day and that doesn't count other expenses they're allowed (there was a local news report about this a while back, but I can't seem to find the link). Not bad for part-time work when the other 2/3 of your year is filled with representing lobbyists' interests in some form (to be fair, not all OK congressmen/women are doing this). Also remember - no degree is required, nor is there a qualification test or any sort of measure of their success/failure the way state-student tests and evaluations are used to measure teachers. And there are all sorts of odd-requirements surrounding when they get to be off and when the work day has to end: Edit - best I can tell, OK Senate was in session for 53 days last year and the House only had 70 days on their calendar - that's like less than half the time teachers work (and everybody gripes because they get 2 1/2 months off). [/QUOTE]
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