Schwarzenegger orders government worker furloughs

"Why do some people think the state workers are the reason for all budget problems? We have taken a big paycut the last 18 months. And haven't had a raise in 5 years. What have you done for your state to help? I picked this job for the pay and reitirement! Sorry you made your choices and they aren't as good as a state job. I will enjoy my 3.0% at 50 retirement because I earned it! You chose your job and I chose mine." (courtesy of "onetimeatbandcamp". )

Yes, you did score a great job, BUT there are those who haven't!
I have a very close relative in LE AND I have a very close relative in construction.
GUESS who's working full-time and guess who's working very little?
I have compassion for the construction worker relative and am thankful for the LE officer's job.
I DON'T rub in the face of my construction-worker relative the fact that the LE officer has a FT job plus good benefits! That would be pure A-R-R-O-G-A-N-C-E!!
Yes, governmental workers and their strong unions have, to a degree, helped bring down our state! Retirement at 50 is NOT necessary, baring a medical reason!
WHAT would happen if EVERYONE had a state job as yours?

There are over 30 lawsuits that have been filed by various parties, including the Governor, in connection with his scapegoating state workers. This man's inability to lead and govern has cost the taxpayers over a million dollars in legal fees.

A significant number of state workers receive salaries not from the troubled general fund, but from their state agency's own funds that are self-supporting. So, the governor's pay cuts and furloughs are saving the state NO money. He's just using state workers as pawns to get the legislature and the unions to do what he wants. He's nothing but a crude, uneducated bully who thinks he is the Terminator character.

When will these guys just ELIMINATE these wasteful, extraneous government "jobs"? We need to just shed these stupid bureaucracies and the layabouts who infest them. CUT THE GOVERNMENT PAYROLL IN HALF!!

arnolt schwarteNAZI wrote:

hello's againz peasantz of dee kaleeforneea. it seems da state legislatures are not going to give me a budjit whiles i am in zee office. dey wants me to leeve da govonor office wit out one. dey hates me oonts dis iz da vay i vill gets evenz wit dem. da workers in da state vill have to suffer aginz. my sex organ iz gotten smaller, i tink it iz from da steroids oonts all da weight dat i lifted. i canz no longer go to da batroom oont have a steady stream, i haz to squeeze it oont massage it because it is shrivelled up like my disgusting wife, dis mareea woman. i enjoys hurting da kaleeforneans in any vay i canz. power iz all i haz left at this time, kind of like da computer on 2001 a space odesey, Hal. anyvayz i hopes you have da monies to pay your sales taxes at da walmart so my rich, bile filled pals canz gets it oonts mis spend it, ha ha ha'z

Moron if you are going to blame some look at the California assembly in Sacramento full of sh/t head democrats they are the ones jacking everyone here in California vote all democrats out in November They have screwed us on everything from funding illegals with our tax dollars to not passing a comprehensive budget.

onetimeatbandcamp wrote:

<quoted text>Why do some people think the state workers are the reason for all budget problems? We have taken a big paycut the last 18 months. And haven't had a raise in 5 years. What have you done for your state to help? I picked this job for the pay and reitirement! Sorry you made your choices and they aren't as good as a state job. I will enjoy my 3.0% at 50 retirement because I earned it! You chose your job and I chose mine.

As the saying goes don't count your chickens before they hatch.

remember when you were a child and laughed at people who went to school and got an education? well look at who's benefiting from it now you dumb asses.

OK all you Rocket Scientists...Solve the 1st grade math problem.

Where do you suggest the money come from to close the $19 billion deficit the state has this year.

A- More Taxes ?

B- Cut Budget ?

C- Borrow Money

D- Go Bankrupt

CA Voter? If you cut the state workers in half, the schools would close down, the prisons would close , there would be no CHP, Patton would have to shut down, and so would most of the business in this state which depends on these places for their income.

We all need each other, like it or not. UC faculty, CSU faculty, and all the college support staff (including the junior colleges) are all made up of state workers.

The real Mike C wrote:

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Spoken like a true dimwit, welfare recipient.

Au contraire my janitor friend. Over-paid government workers bankrupting our state is just plain wrong. Fiscally we cannot support those who retire at age 50, hell, high school drop-outs like yourself get a cush state job sweeping floors and cleaning toilets...and college educated people in the private sector have to support you until you die of liver cancer. Have another drink! LOL

Real Deal wrote:

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Au contraire my janitor friend. Over-paid government workers bankrupting our state is just plain wrong. Fiscally we cannot support those who retire at age 50, hell, high school drop-outs like yourself get a cush state job sweeping floors and cleaning toilets...and college educated people in the private sector have to support you until you die of liver cancer. Have another drink! LOL

$15 an hour is overpaid. Their work is worth only $5 an hour with no benefits and no retirement. Better yet, outsource the janitorial duties to a company that employees illegal immigrants and save the state a ton of money.

SEIU Supporter wrote:

CA Voter? If you cut the state workers in half, the schools would close down, the prisons would close , there would be no CHP, Patton would have to shut down, and so would most of the business in this state which depends on these places for their income.
We all need each other, like it or not. UC faculty, CSU faculty, and all the college support staff (including the junior colleges) are all made up of state workers.

The local school districts should be self-supporting instead of being dependent on the state for funding. The prisons should be privatized as well as Patton. We don't need the CHP. All they do is issue speeding tickets on I-5. The UC, CSU, and junior colleges should also be self-supporting instead of depending on the state for funding.

We do not need state government. All state government does is employ workers and pay outrageous salaries and pensions. State government should be eliminated as it is a waste of taxpayer money.

Tom Sanchez wrote:

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The local school districts should be self-supporting instead of being dependent on the state for funding. The prisons should be privatized as well as Patton. We don't need the CHP. All they do is issue speeding tickets on I-5. The UC, CSU, and junior colleges should also be self-supporting instead of depending on the state for funding.
We do not need state government. All state government does is employ workers and pay outrageous salaries and pensions. State government should be eliminated as it is a waste of taxpayer money.

Let's privatize the police departments as well I'm sure you wouldn't mind a bunch of mall cops patrolling your city.

Tom Sanchez wrote:

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$15 an hour is overpaid. Their work is worth only $5 an hour with no benefits and no retirement. Better yet, outsource the janitorial duties to a company that employees illegal immigrants and save the state a ton of money.

I'm sorry your State employment application was rejected.

CaptAmerica wrote:

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Let's privatize the police departments as well I'm sure you wouldn't mind a bunch of mall cops patrolling your city.

No problem. They pay attention and catch thieves.

CaptAmerica wrote:

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I'm sorry your State employment application was rejected.

You have me mixed up with someone else. I work at McDonald's and I love my job.

Tom Sanchez wrote:

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You have me mixed up with someone else. I work at McDonald's and I love my job.

That's OK, there are people at the EDD that will help you fill out the application. You had better hurry up before all those Big Macs kill you.

Is there a class war in the making? Are state workers over paid in comparison to what is happening in the private sector? Is it time to give them a haircut?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2010...

CaptAmerica wrote:

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That's OK, there are people at the EDD that will help you fill out the application. You had better hurry up before all those Big Macs kill you.

I'm not leaving my job so I don't need any lazy aa.ss.ss. EDD employee to help me fill out an application.