Friday, July 2, 2010

MINIMUM WAGE FOR CALIFORNIA'S CIVIL SERVICE WORKERS

Just finished reading an article at cnbc.com about the governor of California ordering state workers pay reduced to minimum wage until the state government can come to some agreement on a budget. What I found even more interesting than the article itself, were the comments following the article.

One guy railed against the governor, the Republican party and corporate America, supposedly showing his support for the "little guy." Which of course lead to several arguments about how civil service workers making more than their private sector counterparts and how taxpayers can no longer afford such largess. I can see valid points from both sides. I agree that there is corruption in corporate America and that executives don't always have the best interests of the shareholders, or the corporation they're supposed to be managing, at heart. On the other hand, I firmly believe the average American citizen is overtaxed and both state and federal governments need to make drastic spending cuts. The higher taxes go in this country, the worse the economy seems to get. No matter how high the taxes are, the government always seems to "need" more. I think it's time for average U.S. citizens to voice their disapproval with greedy corporate executives by either voting out the board of directors, or pulling their money out of the companies who allow these practices to continue. As for greedy politicians, the tax and spend and spend and spend types, they need to be voted out of office as soon as the next election rolls around.

One more observation about the guy who was portraying himself a sticking up for the "little guy" while telling everyone else they were idiots: His arguments would have been a little more convincing if he hadn't regarded other's comments with such vehemence and contempt. It is also not very convincing to talk about being one of the "little guys" while at the same time saying you had to get busy planning your trip to Europe. I don't know too many "little guys" who can afford a trip to Europe. Maybe this guy is not quite the genius he thinks he is?

For more on this article, see: http://www.cnbc.com/id/38053858/

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