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    Our California govenor has

    come up with a brilliant idea. Since the "leaders" can't come up with a budget,

    f&%k the workers.
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    I think it is an attempt

    (misguided) to put pressure on the 'leaders'. Just remember all of them when it comes time to consider their

    ongoing employment as your public servants. Personally, when an employee does such a poor job for me I fire them. In

    this case I think the entire elected government of California needs to be fired since you guys go through this crap

    every year.

    Yes, taking it out on the workers is a terrible idea. Take it out on the elected representatives who

    can't do their jobs. Stop paying them until they get the problem solved. And lock the bathrooms too, that will help

    speed their deliberations.
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    Similar proposal in Chicago. Due to

    budget problems they are talking about mandantory days off. Lower-paid workers will get 2 days of unpaid time off

    and higher paid ($75K/yr) will be required to take 3 days off. Will supposedly save millions of $.

    PS this

    only applies to non-union workers at the moment.

    Add to this the fact that Cook
    County Illinois (including the

    city-state of Chicago) now has the highest sales tax in the nation at 10.25%
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    Figures. The "leaders" F things up

    then take it out on the "powerless" workers who weren't the ones who set policies that F'ed things up in the first

    place.
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    If the 'powerless workers'

    would stop voting the same thieves into office we wouldn't keep seeing the same old crap time and again. Do people

    have any memory at all?

    There once was a campaign in California called D.R.I.P. It means 'Don't Return

    Incumbant Politicians' and was one of the last sensible things I saw in California politics.



    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/...ifornia_budget
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    Quote Originally Posted by belgareth View Post
    If the

    'powerless workers' would stop voting the same thieves into office we wouldn't keep seeing the same old crap time

    and again. Do people have any memory at all?
    Sadly, this only directly effects 200,000 out of millions.

    People being the way they are today only worry about things that directly effect them.
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