Pennsylvania

the great midnight pay raise vote of the mid-1990s. Yes, it's been nearly 30 years ago, but nobody has forgotten it.

Here's the rub, as the story states, state legislators already make over $95k a year plus per diem plus mileage to/from the Capital. But the regular Janes and Joes retired on SERS/PSERS (state gov't pensions) don't get automatic COLAs and instead must depend on the legislature to raise their pensions which hasn't happened for over 20 years.

My state rep is well-known for having run for office and re-election since mostly to accure enough service time to collect a pension. Before being elected, he wouldn't have gotten a pension from any of his prior jobs.