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Even when the Governor says he is doing a good thing you need to read the fine print. "Faced with a $19.1 billion state deficit and no acceptable budget in the works, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reinstated furloughs for state workers on Wednesday. In an executive order declaring a fiscal emergency, the governor called for state employees to take three unpaid days off a month, beginning Aug. 1.
The order came after the governor said last week that he will not sign a budget before he leaves office next January unless he gets the reforms he wants. And if I dont get all of the things that we need in order to be fiscally responsible and to make the changes, the tax reforms, the budget reforms and the pension reforms, I will not sign a budget and it could actually drag out until the next governor gets into office, said the governor."
So, Arnold announced that he is putting State employees on a three day a month furlough. That is a lie.
"The governor's order exempted tens of thousands of workers whose unions have struck tentative labor contracts with his administration. Those deals include cutbacks in pension benefits and other concessions." See here, from the LA Times.
In other words, those who signed new contracts are not being sent away for furloughs. Only those who refuse HIS terms get harmed.
My guess is that this will bring about another lawsuit by those who are furloughed, and this will be another lawsuit lost by the Governor. He has already lost close to $10 in lawsuits based on illegal actions by him in closing his deficit gap.
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The order came after the governor said last week that he will not sign a budget before he leaves office next January unless he gets the reforms he wants. And if I dont get all of the things that we need in order to be fiscally responsible and to make the changes, the tax reforms, the budget reforms and the pension reforms, I will not sign a budget and it could actually drag out until the next governor gets into office, said the governor."
So, Arnold announced that he is putting State employees on a three day a month furlough. That is a lie.
"The governor's order exempted tens of thousands of workers whose unions have struck tentative labor contracts with his administration. Those deals include cutbacks in pension benefits and other concessions." See here, from the LA Times.
In other words, those who signed new contracts are not being sent away for furloughs. Only those who refuse HIS terms get harmed.
My guess is that this will bring about another lawsuit by those who are furloughed, and this will be another lawsuit lost by the Governor. He has already lost close to $10 in lawsuits based on illegal actions by him in closing his deficit gap.
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