Hate to break it ot a lot of you people, but in addition to the 6% state employees pay for retirement, the state kicks in a big chunk. Even under the GOP for the last two years. And I can't complain about the salaries most of them make - it's basically minimum wage. At least while they are in the GA. And the last pay raise was not 1%.It was 1.2% That's $40 a month for someone making $40,000 per year, and first raise in several years. Of course now state employees have to pay more than that on health insurance and much more on higher deductibles and spend an arm and a leg to cover family or spouses. It used to be OK since they could lay back and read the newspaper all day and not work. But have you seen a newspaper recently?

"Some people just don't know any better, and would be happy as a clam to relieve you of your hardships."

Right, state workers should just grin and bear it and never ask for raises-just so you don't have to pay more in taxes, right? While the private sector sees raises of 1.5-4% on average per year, state workers should never get raises...unless you're friends with McCrory. Then you may be entitled to a modest raise of...say 8%.

"There was a modest raise of 6-13K for a FEW positions that aided with hiring the level of talent needed to run large departments properly"

LOL. Modest raises. While state workers have been given 1% "less than modest raises" over the last 5 years you can't justify this no matter how much you try to spin and twist it.

Tillis is gittin' within HIS organization, known as ALEC....and they'll be rewarding him for his help in having their legislation passed in NC, and he'll get money to spend somewhere else.

Terry Sanford and William Friday are spinning in their graves....

There's no hypocrisy here geosol, other than your blindness to the facts in order to put forth a false claim.

All those complaining about staff raises.. McCrory's staff salaries are on track to be lower than Perdue's. His chief of staff's salary is 8% lower than Perdue's chief. Policy adviser Tony Almeida is making $135,000 annually, while his predecessor made $155,848.

There was a modest raise of 6-13K for a FEW positions that aided with hiring the level of talent needed to run large departments properly. Properly is the key word.

Currently 38 people have been hired for the Governor's Office, while early in Perdue's administration, 70 people were hired.

All in all.. McCrory is spending FAR less than Perdue. It's his goal to spend less than Gov. Perdue, and he's made a concerted effort to do so, and so far the new hires are being paid less than what Perdue paid.

HYPOCRITE, thy name is REPUBLICAN!

It's disconcerting that State employees are forced to suffer under such onerous circumstances.

You are too good to suffer such insults. You should all just quit and make room for the people who aren't aware that these circumstances are a burden.

Some people just don't know any better, and would be happy as a clam to relieve you of your hardships.

Repeat after me: "Fiscal Responsibility"

Landslides have conseqences.

Happy days are near again

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