29Jul
The Furloughs Are Back
Posted by JimIt is hard for me to escape this issue of California state workers having to take pay cuts. My wife is a State worker bee and we have seen much in the way of deteriorating pay and forced furloughs. I recognize that these government workers are but pawns in the large budgetary chess battle now going on in Sacramento. As I mentioned yesterday, someone has to pay the bill for public services;there is little hope for additonal revenues give the sorry state of the job market.
Still, the furloughs are not a bad idea on certain levels. First, taxpayers have less access to public services and there is an implied you-get-what-you-pay-for message for tax cheapskates. Second, workers have extra time for that part-time job at Target!
