Unpredictable. Unfocused. Just like life.

Members of the Ontario, Canada provincial government plan on voting themselves a 25% raise:

It's the first significant hike, apart from modest cost-of-living increases, since former Progressive Conservative premier Mike Harris increased basic pay to $78,007 from $56,378 in 1996. At the same time the Harris government eliminated a $14,160 tax-free allowance and wound down the MPPs' lucrative pension plan.

Basic pay for MPPs stayed at $78,007 until April 2002, when it was increased to $82,757. Increases since then, including one of almost $2,000 in April this year, brought the basic wage to $88,771.

The Legislature had planned to rise for the winter break on Thursday but instead the session will be extended into next week to pass the pay raise.

Oddly, I don't recall any candidates running on a "increase our salaries" platform. They knew what the salary was when they campaigned, but apparently they are now underpaid compared to other politicians. Pity the poor taxpayer who, unable to increase their own salaries, still get to pay for raises for these folks.

And they're even considerate enough to extend the session to ensure that the raise happens, a Christmas present for themselves.