saving money the bass ackward way

California has a HUGE budget deficit. one of the biggest of all time.

here is part of their solution.

have all the State employee's stay home every other Friday. does this help ease traffic congestion? absolutely. i can attest to this. the train was practically deserted and my office mate said he got into the office in only 20 minutes today instead of the usual 45 minutes. (i am sure this is due in part to the holiday weekend as well).

but by not paying the employee's one day less each pay period save money? NO, it doesn't ACTUALLY save any money. all the projects are still being worked, they are just taking longer now. NOTE TO CALIFORNIA: this means that these projects are COSTING MORE.

now i don't have all the solutions (though i often express the opinion that i do), but the best one i can see is spend LESS then you BRING IN. that seems to work for most people. the people that followed that advice are still doing rather well, despite the recession and crappy economy.

here is another one if that one is out of the State's reach. privatize some of it. the DMV would be a great example of something that would work WAY better if it was private. look what happened to public transportation once it went private! buses were on time, they went more places, and the employee's were payed better and had better compensation packages. if the DMV went private, the long line would disappear, i wouldn't be annoyed at the RETARDED people that work there (they would be fired for incompetence), and it would bring in revenue to both the State and the private company.

there let's try that one...