[garyb]

And, the report from Townhall can't be bothered to tell us what the salary is currently?

Here are the 2014 Legislative salaries:
http://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/2014-ncsl-legislator-salary-and-per-diem-table.aspx

Massachusetts
annual: $60,032.60/year
plus per-diem: $10–$100/day, depending on distance from the State House (V); set by the legislature.

[goldstategop]

That’s more than most American families earn.

But they consider themselves insufficiently paid.

When politicians ask for a raise - remember, they are not doing it for us they are doing it for themselves.

[garyb]

The MA legislative salary schedule actually is very close to the median income.

https://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/data/historical/household/2013/h08.xls

$62,963