Pennsylvania pay grab gets even bigger

The Post-Gazette says the new pay grap by Pennsylvania state legislators is even bigger than most people thought:

State legislators have been even more generous to themselves than it seemed.

Starting in December 2006, an automatic cost-of-living adjustment will be tacked on to legislators' pay raises, state officials said yesterday. It means that for lawmakers who are elected in November 2006, the salary increase will be even larger than the previously reported 16 percent to 34 percent.

Under the General Assembly's new salary law, the base pay for all legislators who are elected in 2006 rises to $81,050 a year from the previous $69,647. That's a 16 percent increase in pay for the rank-and-file.

Great moments in rent-seeking.