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Poor Peter Kinder (MO Lt. Gov.) said he's experienced "gradual impoverishment"
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. • Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder is asking lawmakers to give him a daily expense allowance for working at the state Capitol.
Kinder, a Republican, lives in Cape Girardeau and maintains a second home in Jefferson City.
He receives an annual salary of about $86,000. But Kinder said he's experienced "gradual impoverishment" during his decade in office, because he's had to use personal funds to pay for housing and meals when working in Jefferson City.
Kinder's salary is less than other statewide executive officials but well more than the $36,000 that legislators receive. He has asked members of the House and Senate budget panels to insert a per diem for him in the 2016 state budget that takes effect in July.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-s-no-pol-says-he-s-had-gradual-impoverishment/article_b069d8ba-a250-54da-8ac0-ee6ecbb61c57.html
Kinder, a Republican, lives in Cape Girardeau and maintains a second home in Jefferson City.
He receives an annual salary of about $86,000. But Kinder said he's experienced "gradual impoverishment" during his decade in office, because he's had to use personal funds to pay for housing and meals when working in Jefferson City.
Kinder's salary is less than other statewide executive officials but well more than the $36,000 that legislators receive. He has asked members of the House and Senate budget panels to insert a per diem for him in the 2016 state budget that takes effect in July.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-s-no-pol-says-he-s-had-gradual-impoverishment/article_b069d8ba-a250-54da-8ac0-ee6ecbb61c57.html
