California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said 150,000 government workers must begin taking time off without pay starting Aug. 20 following a court ruling lifting an injunction temporarily blocking the furloughs.Three days a month furlough is so much nicer sounding than "15% pay cut effective immdiately." State employees patronize private sector businesses too. Only now, not as much. I fail to see how this does anything other than to cause suffering.
The California Supreme Court, saying it would review the governor’s plan, stayed decisions by lower courts that had halted the furloughs. Schwarzenegger directed state workers to take three unpaid days off each month to save cash. The high court set a Sept. 8 hearing on a challenge to the order.
It's certainly not going to help California's economy.
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