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. Pathfinder's oldest daughter is a State Health official and her job duties require her to inspect hospitals...old folks care centers...and jail facilities for medical care violations as well as issuing or revoking their license to operate...within a given area of operations. She is based in San Diego where the cost of living is high. She has two children under the age of five and it was costing her $1600 per month for day care and pre-school for the oldest child. The 15% loss of pay caused three problems for her. She could no longer afford to pay for day care and preschool for her children. Forntunately...or unfortunately...her boyfriend had been layed off from his job...and could not find another...so he became the care taker of the children. The oldest child had to drop out of preschool and her youngest child cannot now go to preschool. Another problem it caused is she had to move from a good neighborhood to a lesser neighborhood because she could no longer afford the rent. The third problem is she had to downgrade her car as she could no longer afford the payment for the car she had. If she were to take another 15% paycut she probably would not be able to live in her area of operation and would have to quit her job and relocate. She earns around $70,000 per year pre payrole deductions and taxes.