(27 members of the California Congressional delegation weigh in. Thanks, Rep. Solis. Slight edit to move things over to the flip. - promoted by David Dayen)
I'm appalled that Governor Schwarzenegger thinks cutting wages for state workers' is the way to fix our budget. Today, 26 of my colleagues in Congress joined me in sending the below letter to the Governor and expressing strong opposition to his misguided plan. Join me in calling on the Governor to leave state workers alone.
July 25, 2008
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger:
As Members of the Congress representing California, we write to express our strong opposition to your proposed plan to cut the wages of 200,000 state workers to the federal minimum wage of $6.55 per hour as a temporary budget savings. The earnings of hardworking state employees should not be leveraged for political gain in the current budget stalemate.
