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Originally Posted by theking
Well...State employees have already taken a 15% paycut in the form of having to take 3 days off per month without pay...........
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In my opinion, they should take a pay cut and still work full time. Deflation is setting in. Salaries must go down as the money supply reduces. It takes a little longer for prices to go down but they should eventually follow salaries. In the mean time, you have to make cuts and move if necessary. No one is entitled to live in a good neighborhood or drive a nice car. Dropping out of pre-school is no big deal especially if the boyfriend will watch the kids.
In the soviet union, working in a government office was the most profitable and prestiguous work. They had power and could get themselves special perks. If the same happens in the usa (government work becomes higher paying then private business), then you can also expect it to eventually come to an end, somehow. People are losing their jobs or taking pay cuts. Its totally unreasonable that government employees should not take any paycuts. I do think the paycuts should be for all state employees, including retirees - not only education or medical.
Gov. Schwarz seems to want to protect certain departments from cuts. Is that true?