http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/thepublicsquare/2009/02/11/last-night-what-happens-when-californias-cash-runs-out/ Expanding the World of Ideas Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:26:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/thepublicsquare/2009/02/11/last-night-what-happens-when-californias-cash-runs-out/comment-page-1/#comment-21615 J. Wilcox Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:01:27 +0000 http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/thepublicsquare/?p=2509#comment-21615 State spending should not rise faster that inflation. I was unable to locate comparison of total compensation (salary, benefits, vacation, insurance, pension) of employees in public and private sectors. (Of course, the comparison should include a factor that accounts for job security - stress, willingness to accept a lower paying job in time of layoffs, job discontinuity, dictate that private sector folks work often long hours with no overtime, to get the job done.) State spending should not rise faster that inflation. I was unable to locate comparison of total compensation (salary, benefits, vacation, insurance, pension) of employees in public and private sectors. (Of course, the comparison should include a factor that accounts for job security – stress, willingness to accept a lower paying job in time of layoffs, job discontinuity, dictate that private sector folks work often long hours with no overtime, to get the job done.)

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