[Vision2020] State Faculty Union Responds to Financial Crisis

[Joe Campbell]

This is a great post. I wonder why no one has responded.

Joe Campbell

On Apr 27, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Dickow <dickow at turbonet.com> wrote:

> The problem in my book concerning a 3% cut to state employees is  
> that it is, in effect, a direct tax on a special segment of the  
> state's population. The state would be making up its shortfalls at  
> the expense of state employees. I think that the state shouldn't be  
> thought of as an entity like a company, which might indeed have to  
> trim their employees in some form or other. But in in the case of  
> the state, the employees would be making a sacrifice that directly  
> benefits other people in the state, not the owners of a somel  
> corporation. A more equitable solution to the state's budgetary woes  
> would be to impose a tax of some kind on everyone in the state.  
> Then, everyone might have to kick back 1/2 percent or something, and  
> all would be well. But alas, raising taxes is political NO NO!  
> And... by the way, whatever happened to the state's Emergency Fund.  
> did they spend that already?
>
> Bob Dickow, troublemaker
>
> -----Original message-----
> From: Joe Campbell philosopher.joe at gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:37:18 -0700
> To: lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com
> Subject: [Spam] Re: [Vision2020] State Faculty Union Responds to  
> Financial Crisis
>
>> I'm sorry to hear about your wife's situation, Roger. Staff is  
>> getting
>> the worst of it at WSU, too.
>>
>> But I still think Nick has a point. Here is one way to put it. Would
>> you or anyone else on this list be willing to "cut" your pay by  
>> giving
>> 3% more to the state of ID to help prevent folks at UI from being
>> fired? If you and others say "yes," then I'm on board, as well!
>>
>> Joe Campbell
>>
>> On Apr 27, 2009, at 10:03 AM, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Joe
>>> I do no want you or any one else to lose their job. I think that pay
>>> cuts are preferable to layoffs.It is inevitably that some programs
>>> will be cut. there are no students or very few for a class it will
>>> be cut. My wife is staff in the PSES department at UI. She runs the
>>> Soils Pedology Lab. She will receive an award for 40 years of
>>> service today. She puts in 10 to 12 hours a day and does not get
>>> comp. time. She had cancer in 2003. She had surgery, chemo,
>>> radiation and the whole ball  of wax.  She is still suffering from
>>> the after affects. She takes a lot of Ibuprofen and diuretics to
>>> keep on going. She is not yet eligible for full Social Security.
>>> <snip>....
>
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