If you care for the justice system - take from the poor and give the rich

New York State Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks addressed the coming annual meeting of New York State Bar Associations (that was conducted in a posh Hilton Hotel in New York City) that those who care about the justice system, should applaud salary increases for judges.

Salary increases from the "meager" $173,000 per year to nearly $200,000 per year, with benefits for the judge and his entire family.

At the time when New York taxapayers get, on average, around $52,000 per year.

$173,000 was not enough to attract "quality" judges.  

As we all know, state budget is limited, and New York is going through an ongoing budgetary crisis, so, very likely, some programs for poor litigants will not be funded at all, or as well as they could have been in order to make this salary increases for judges possible.

To bridge the "justice gap", pay the rich more by taking it from the poor.

And if you are against it - you do not care about the justice system.

Just ask Judge Marks.