The TOP TEN REASONS WHY BC LIBERAL MLAs DESERVE A 29% PAY INCREASE AND AN AVERAGE $800,000 IN RETROACTIVE PENSION BENEFITS:10. To follow the recommendations of the less-than-unanimous 'independent commission' carefully hand-picked by Gordon Campbell.
9. To find a use for the pile of money gained from selling off key public assets such as B.C. Rail.
8. To help MLAs pay for eye examinations, increased MSP premiums, and private health care.
7. To demonstrate Gordon Campbell's management style: "Leading by Bad Example".
6. To prove to labour unions who's boss, especially those who took deep pay cuts and had their jobs privatized.
5. To compensate the families of BC MLAs who have to live with them.
4. To help Liberal MLAs better understand the class lifestyle for which they are legislating.
3. To make up for all those years when no one else was getting pay raises.
2. To reduce MLA stress, should there be a fall sitting, and they have less time to devote to personal and investment matters.
And the top reason why BC Liberal MLAs deserve a 29% pay increase and an average $800,000 in retroactive pension benefits:
1. To attract and retain from the private sector a higher grade of ripoff artist.
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