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  • February 16, 2009 at 9:51 PM #15073
    TheBreeze
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    I think this is a political maneuver designed to get state employees to push for passage of the current proposed budget and it will never happen, but 20,000 state employees could lose their jobs. In June.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE51G0J420090217

    February 16, 2009 at 10:42 PM #347530
    Anonymous
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    20,000 would be a good start, but the best thing the State could do is to break the State Worker’s Unions and start to restore some sanity..

    I don’t see that happening until the State is bankrupt, which isn’t too far off as long as the same fools are in charge.

    Turtle69

    February 16, 2009 at 10:42 PM #347852
    Anonymous
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    20,000 would be a good start, but the best thing the State could do is to break the State Worker’s Unions and start to restore some sanity..

    I don’t see that happening until the State is bankrupt, which isn’t too far off as long as the same fools are in charge.

    Turtle69

    February 16, 2009 at 10:42 PM #347968
    Anonymous
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    20,000 would be a good start, but the best thing the State could do is to break the State Worker’s Unions and start to restore some sanity..

    I don’t see that happening until the State is bankrupt, which isn’t too far off as long as the same fools are in charge.

    Turtle69

    February 16, 2009 at 10:42 PM #348000
    Anonymous
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    20,000 would be a good start, but the best thing the State could do is to break the State Worker’s Unions and start to restore some sanity..

    I don’t see that happening until the State is bankrupt, which isn’t too far off as long as the same fools are in charge.

    Turtle69

    February 16, 2009 at 10:42 PM #348100
    Anonymous
    Guest

    20,000 would be a good start, but the best thing the State could do is to break the State Worker’s Unions and start to restore some sanity..

    I don’t see that happening until the State is bankrupt, which isn’t too far off as long as the same fools are in charge.

    Turtle69

    February 17, 2009 at 8:05 AM #347630
    Casca
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    Dammit Turtle, you stole my thunder! Seconded!!

    February 17, 2009 at 8:05 AM #347952
    Casca
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    Dammit Turtle, you stole my thunder! Seconded!!

    February 17, 2009 at 8:05 AM #348068
    Casca
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    Dammit Turtle, you stole my thunder! Seconded!!

    February 17, 2009 at 8:05 AM #348099
    Casca
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    Dammit Turtle, you stole my thunder! Seconded!!

    February 17, 2009 at 8:05 AM #348200
    Casca
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    Dammit Turtle, you stole my thunder! Seconded!!

    February 17, 2009 at 11:04 AM #347711
    davelj
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    I say let ’em go and make further cuts. If DMV is only open 3 or 4 days a week, fine. If schools have to cut out a month or two of classes, fine. If other government-related offices are only open 3-4 days a week, fine. Sure, there will be some inconvenience. But we simply don’t have the money to pay for all of this shit. Never did. Other countries and their populations manage on a small fraction of the post-cutback government we’re looking at. We’ll survive. And we might actually learn a few things from this sordid episode. Let’s tighten up those belts. It’s been a long time coming.

    February 17, 2009 at 11:04 AM #348031
    davelj
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    I say let ’em go and make further cuts. If DMV is only open 3 or 4 days a week, fine. If schools have to cut out a month or two of classes, fine. If other government-related offices are only open 3-4 days a week, fine. Sure, there will be some inconvenience. But we simply don’t have the money to pay for all of this shit. Never did. Other countries and their populations manage on a small fraction of the post-cutback government we’re looking at. We’ll survive. And we might actually learn a few things from this sordid episode. Let’s tighten up those belts. It’s been a long time coming.

    February 17, 2009 at 11:04 AM #348148
    davelj
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    I say let ’em go and make further cuts. If DMV is only open 3 or 4 days a week, fine. If schools have to cut out a month or two of classes, fine. If other government-related offices are only open 3-4 days a week, fine. Sure, there will be some inconvenience. But we simply don’t have the money to pay for all of this shit. Never did. Other countries and their populations manage on a small fraction of the post-cutback government we’re looking at. We’ll survive. And we might actually learn a few things from this sordid episode. Let’s tighten up those belts. It’s been a long time coming.

    February 17, 2009 at 11:04 AM #348179
    davelj
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    I say let ’em go and make further cuts. If DMV is only open 3 or 4 days a week, fine. If schools have to cut out a month or two of classes, fine. If other government-related offices are only open 3-4 days a week, fine. Sure, there will be some inconvenience. But we simply don’t have the money to pay for all of this shit. Never did. Other countries and their populations manage on a small fraction of the post-cutback government we’re looking at. We’ll survive. And we might actually learn a few things from this sordid episode. Let’s tighten up those belts. It’s been a long time coming.

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