#MoCo Online: County Employee Pay Raise Has People Talking

A Montgomery County Council committee vote to grant county employees a pay raise is controversial among Patch readers.

Costco Gas Man worries about the impact on taxes: "Raising salaries now will insure property taxes will increase forcing more residents out of the county."

Michael Smith has a similar concern: "I'm also sure those retroactive pay raises are going to result in increased taxes for the rest of us, given that it's retroactive and it's a huge leap given their already high incomes. I'm more than willing to pay my fair share, but when they're already taking up to 90% of my income in taxes and rent alone, I have to call BS given how much we're already getting taxed."

Dan has a different point of view: "Everyone needs to pay their damn share and stop whining about taxes 25 times a day."

Join the conversation by sharing your point of view on the pay increase story here.