12%	Yes
88%	No
0%	Other

Comment: Don't employees deserve at very least a cost of living increase if we can provide it? by Aaron

Comment: People are being laid off &/or seeing wage freezes across the state and country. Why should the state employees be a privledged class? Is Culver trying to "protect" his "team"? by Stan

Comment: Now is not the time for MORE spending. by Les

Comment: Everyone needs to cut back. Many people don't even have a job. We are all in this together. by Linda

Comment: I can't believe they would even consider anything so rediculous. However, when it comes to politics anymore, it seems like we are supposed to do as they say, not as they do. I think it is high time they fire all of them and hire people that have had to work for a living, have common sense and are honest. by D Ann

Comment: I work where I see several people struggling to get by and keep themselves healthy. I just don't understand why the govenment should be able to give themselves raises and cut the budget of other programs that could benifit so many people. I really think that the public should vote on these raises especially now with the economy the way it is. by Mimz

Comment: LACKS COMMON SENSE by M.J.

Comment: Wwhat are they thinking??? Where is the cut backs for Iowa?????Let them figure out how to pay bills like the rest of us. by Judy

Comment: State employees get paid enough as it is by Jamie

Comment: Sorry...but they have those jobs..and seeked those jobs because of the job security,benefits and PAY. Now they need to take the hits the rest of us have to take. Sorry baby...you are not immune to what the rest of us have to go through. by Rick

Comment: no more than .05 percenbt it its not there fault it is the legislators fault they are a bunch of lame ducks from the top on down by Douglas

Comment: No,I think they get more anyway.Other employees like myself should receive a pay increase. by Felisha

Comment: What is the sense of laying off some and giving raises to others? NO NO NO by Charles