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Aug 31, 2009

Cutting $2.2 Billion In Salaries Only Saves California $1.3 Billion

From the Los Angeles Times:
State worker Rochelle Johnson's $38,000 salary never allowed her family to live in luxury. Then the furloughs hit, cutting her pay by 14%.

Now Johnson, an appointment scheduler at a California agency that reviews disability applications, finds herself at the mercy of payday lenders, utility companies' patience -- they shut off her power once already -- and co-workers who share their lunch leftovers. ...

In some limited cases, the furloughs could be waived at little or no cost to the state.

The $2.2 billion in pay cuts is expected to save the state's general fund only $1.3 billion in this budget year. The other $900 million is paid from separate funds or with federal money. Most workers are paid through a combination of sources.

Rochelle Johnson's pay comes entirely from the federal government.

"Why are we furloughed if we are federally funded?" she asked. "I don't think I should have to put my child in danger because Arnold decided on what was best for me." ...

"We would be discriminating against other state employees if we said, based on your funding source, we're going to apply a different personnel policy to you," said Lynelle Jolley, a state Department of Personnel spokeswoman. ...

5 comments:

  1. It's the federal government's turn trimming salaries(i.e ssa employees,etc).Dont deny the public programs but cut those expensive salaries.

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  2. Tell it to a GS-5 Claims REp trainee new hire earning the massive sum of $29,700 per year (rounded up). That's what a 4-year college degree or equivalent experience will get you in today's overpaid SSA, assuming you can even get a job. Which, as we learn from reading here and elsewhere, just ain't bloody likely. I'm not too worried that SSA is going to waste any money on staffing. Rather the reverse.

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  3. Why can't they discriminate based on funding source? I never heard of a law against that.

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  4. It's not discrimination to use dedicated funds for a specific purpose. In fact, it's the law. But,as long as the States mingle SSA's money with its own operating funds, the State is free to treat that money as its own. DDS empoyees are just like any other state employees in regard to pay and hours of work. Who said it's fair or even passes the double digit IQ test? Politics is politics, and messing with public servants is always a treat in some circles.

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