Cut the state payroll
When a private sector business finds itself faced with a budget deficit, the standard response is to cut costs, lay off workers, and close money-wasting divisions. Product prices are also usually reduced in order to compete better and fuel demand. So why can’t California do the same, instead of the opposite? A bunch of my co-workers are now without jobs because their magazine, New Architect, is no more. It is way past time for the state to shut down entire agencies that are not earning their keep or are duplicating functions of other local, state, and federal agencies.
The San Mateo Daily News asked just this question in its January 10th editorial, Cut the payrol. The paper couldn’t help pointing out that one of Gov. Davis’ first appointments was of Steve Peace—author of the fraudulent energy deregulation—as his chief financial officer.
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