All government workers should be on minimum wage.
Nice broad brush there pal.
While I agree that salaries are too high in many areas, you can’t honestly tell me that a high-level worker who actually does their job well should be paid the same as some stooge who answers the phone at the front desk.
Why?
then you would get the most efficient prison guards, troopers, license issuers, maintenance workers, permit reviewers etc- that money can buy for $7.50
If you think the performance of government sucks now, imagine if government couldn't hire anybody anybody with a skill level beyond that deserving minimum wage.
“All government workers should be on minimum wage”
This comment and a number of others gloating over this idiotic move by Schwarzenegger are from individuals who obviously don’t live or work here.
This will cause the economic depression here in Sacramento to deepen because it will effect those from whom state workers would have purchased goods and services.
Also - some state employees (doctors and lawyers) have been told they will not be paid at all. How many foreclosures do you think that will precipitate?
Personally I think the governor has made the dumbest move of his life - and sadly, will probably help Jerry Brown get elected because of it.