The basic structure of pay scales for government jobs…and Average of $85K annually vs. $45K in the private sector from similar work, has to be changed.
Cutting fire/police and other genuine services of government, even maintaining some level of legit welfare spending (CA is way off the scale of legit, do not misunderstand) would be feasible without the baseline cost of clerical employees and others paid for more with tax dollars than they would be with market rates.
Of course they support nationalizing health care…it won’t save any money but cost more as payrates skyrocket…this is another union payoff, taking away all market influences on pay rates and competence. Canada and the UK have horrible systems because the money is eaten up there.
LA Unified spends 85% of it budget on salaries. So when you hear about “short chaging the kids”, it comes out of paying teachers the highest wages in the country, not because enough money hasn’t been pumped into the system.
