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2009-02-17 Home Front: Politix

With no budget, California to cut 20,000 state jobs

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Posted by tipper 2009-02-17 14:07|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 A good start. We can only hope they cut unnecessary departments rather than truly necessary ones.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2009-02-17 14:54|| 2009-02-17 14:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Yo, Octuplet lady. You're on your own.

Posted by tu3031 2009-02-17 14:57|| 2009-02-17 14:57|| Front Page Top

#3 How many taxpaying people (i.e. real workers, not state leaches) will notice the difference?

Posted by Bright Pebbles the flatulent 2009-02-17 15:48|| 2009-02-17 15:48|| Front Page Top

#4 "California, America's most populous state and the world's eighth biggest economy, has experienced a dramatic fall in revenues because of the housing downturn, rising unemployment and a sharp pullback in consumer spending."

The writer misspelled "taxing and regulating businesses to death."

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-02-17 16:33|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2009-02-17 16:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Employees aren't the problem, the programs are. Until they trim or eliminate the "unnecessary" programs and/or support for illegals this is all scare tactics.

Posted by tipover 2009-02-17 17:03|| 2009-02-17 17:03|| Front Page Top

#6 They will cut rank and file police, fire and other public safety personnel first.

"We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph!"

If I ran my finances like the Democrat California legislature here's what would happen:

Year 1:

Things are OK and I get a $20,000 bonus on top of my $80,000 salary. I immediately buy a bigger house, new car and the RV I've always wanted.

Year 2:

There is no bonus this year. No problem, I borrow money from friends and relatives to make the payments.

Year 3:

My boss is cutting back and my salary is reduced to $60,000. I'm keeping the house, car and RV, but cutting back on food, clothing, health insurance, heating and maintenance on car and house.

I'm financially upside down. DOH!

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-02-17 18:56|| 2009-02-17 18:56|| Front Page Top

#7 From what I understand from my aunt and cousins living in the northern part of the state, 250,000 jobs could be cut before they'd be affected. The state has a bloated bureaucracy, like most states. There are too many people paid for work they never do, and many, many more that do such sloppy work it has to be done over again. It's not just in the transportation sector, either - the worst offenders are in the revenue department and in public health. My news is second-hand, so if there's a Californian out there with better data, please let me know. I'm not criticizing California - we have similar problems here in Colorado, where a tremendous number of former Californians have moved to in the last 20 years (think there's a correlation?).

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-02-17 19:02|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-02-17 19:02|| Front Page Top

#8 ...the worst offenders are in the revenue department and in public health.

Dude, I could tell you some stories about the Mass. DOR that would make you blow gaskets.

Posted by Raj 2009-02-17 20:06|| 2009-02-17 20:06|| Front Page Top

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