Bill That Would End "Double Dipping" Gets Hearing

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When state Rep. Chris Turner started looking for other states that allow their politicians to retire without leaving their jobs, he could only find one: Texas.

At a public hearing Monday evening on his bill to end the practice, the Grand Prairie Democrat said the lucrative benefit — which got widespread attention when Gov. Rick Perry revealed that he was both collecting his salary and a pension from the state — flies in the face of the oft-repeated brag that Texas stands out as a beacon of budgetary restraint.

“At this Capitol we frequently tout Texas as a national example for fiscal responsibility,” said Turner, who has filed House Bill 413, which would ban “double dipping.” “This legislation helps us make that case more credibly, I think, by barring elected officials from being paid twice by our state taxpayers for one job.”
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[DhhD]

1. This is a good example of the battleground for the hearts and minds of Texans.

[Gothmog]

2. Will Goodhair veto this bill?

If this bill passes the Texas Legis, I bet Goodhair would veto it.

[TexasTowelie]

3. The bad thing is that this has been going on for over a decade.

I saw the state insurance commissioner do this back in the 90s and was as disgusted by it then and I am now.