U.S.: No budget in California? Bye-bye government jobs.
- In the absence of a budget, the governor has a responsibility to realize state savings any way he can. This is unfortunately a necessary decision.
- Aaron McLear • A spokesman for California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who had the delightful joy of informing the press that 20,000 jobs may be getting cut. The drastic measure is due to the fact that California’s $40 billion budget didn’t pass by a narrow margin this weekend. • source