The State of Michigan quietly increased the salaries of its top investment officials in the Treasury Department by more than 80% this year, saying it was too difficult to attract and keep qualified people under the former pay rates.

Yup.  Same thing said in the auto biz, and I won't **m in your mouth either.

Jon Braeutigam, the state's chief investment officer, got a 90% pay raise to $333,000 a year from $175,000, department spokesman Terry Stanton confirmed Friday.

Tough break John, you're no longer King of the Mountain.  Oh, and, bummer about your Magic Underpants peeps.

Treasury's two senior directors of investment -- Robert Brackenbury and Greg Parker -- received 82% pay increases, boosting them from $128,000 to $233,000 a year.

Richard Baird, the top aide to Gov. Rick Snyder, confirmed to the Free Press that he was instrumental in adjusting the salaries.

Amazing.  Sh!t that Granholm could only dream of getting away with, and that was with a spineless douche like Mike Bishop who was Senate Leader.