Posted on 05/31/2012 12:07:44 PM PDT by Mark Landsbaum
In what a prudent observer would think is the least they should do, the pay for Gov. Jerry Brown, legislators and statewide officeholders will be reduced 5 percent, thanks to the states independent salary-setting commission. . .
Had the people of California to do it over again, they may want to give themselves the power to raise and lower officials pay. Voting on Facebook by registered voters seems to us an effective tool for whipping these folks into shape in a timely manner. Bad acts in Sacramento could be cause for pay cuts instantly. That would be some motivation. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at orangepunch.ocregister.com ...
The average firefighter in Orange County makes $150,000/yr.
How about a more realistic 50-75% cut or maybe we should just follow the advice in my tag line and let all government employees pass monopoly money in a big circle and leave the productive part of society alone
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