[quote=no_such_reality]The answer is simple. It’s the same as when a major corporation has major cash flow programs.
They just slash the budget across the board. The directive is to maintain their service levels but they reduce staff 20%, reduce the budget 20% and let the departments figure it out.
For example, only 57 cents of every dollar is spent in the class room. Cut 20 cents and direct the districts to maintain the previous classroom spending.
THe problem is so big, specific cuts won’t do it.
Then again, maybe we just direct the Prison sysem to figure out why then spend over $50,000 per inmate and the national average is $24,000 per inmate and State’s like Texas are under $20,000.[/quote]
Except at a corporation the folks at the top would then award themselves big bonuses for being so effective at making the cuts. The board of directors would agree – and up their own compensation while they’re at it. In the meantime 15-20% of the former employees are out of jobs and those remaining have more work and less budget to work with.
Call me cynical. I don’t think the corporate model is a good one.
