I will argue that although the jobs are vacant, the budget requires an allocation to fund them. If the vacant jobs are terminated, allocated funds can be used for other purposes.
The governor wants to move the money from one pocket to another
>The governor wants to move the money from one pocket to another<
I suspect this has been going on for quite a while. Whatever happened to the billion dollars sent to China for N95 masks that never showed up?
Tax coffers are a deep pocket piggy bank for those evil enough to get elected.
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