Community Corner
Thillens Attacks Democrat State Rep. Moylan for Voting Himself a 4.6% Raise
Democrat State Rep. Marty Moylan voted to give himself a 4.6% pay hike totaling $3,119 while the Democrat-controlled State of Illinois government holds the lowest credit rating in the nation. Illinois recently downgraded credit status was a direct result of a multi-billion dollar backlog of unpaid bills, multi-billion dollar public employee pension deficit and multi-billion dollar health care commitments without sufficient revenue to pay for it.
“I am frustrated that State Representative Moylan would give himself a pay hike three times greater than what our senior citizens living on Social Security received,” said Mel Thillens, Republican challenger for state house District 55. “Moylan's vote shows that Democrat politicians take care of themselves first at the expense of the people they say they care about.”
Thillens added, that under Democrat control, state government spending has increased 16 billion dollars and Illinois’ unemployment rate is now the second highest in the nation at 7.9%. Despite the disturbing results of State Representative Moylan’s job inhibiting policies, Moylan saw fit to give himself a healthy pay increase while taxpayers, families and senior citizens reduce personal spending on food, medicine and transportation.
State Representative Moylan’s followed his fellow Democrats, voting for House Bill 274 giving them the 4.6% pay hike and bringing their total salary above $70,000, while retired seniors living on Social Security benefits only received a 1.5% cost of living adjustment (COLA) in 2014.
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