Overtime pay may be putting a dent in state's furlough savings
Furloughs are expected to save the state $1.2 billion this fiscal year. But last year some workers more than offset those cuts with increased overtime.
Who expects the furloughs to save the state money?
Anybody who can say with a straight face that government furloughs of employees will save money is either being bribed by the unions to say that, or has never worked for the government and seen the mismanagement, corruption and incompetence of government officials.
Any sane individual, or any business owner would save money by furloughing employees. Not the government. Any time the government furloughs employees, the government then hires back the furloughed employees at time and a half (overtime) to work their missing hours. So the net effect is that when the government furloughs employees, it costs taxpayers even more than not furloughing employees.
State Auditor Elaine Howle has also raised red flags. A review by her office found that more than 100 nurses and psychiatric workers on the state payroll had at least doubled their salaries with overtime, working as many as 90 hours a week.
The next time you try to tell me that a government option for health care will be cheaper and more effective than private businesses, try to explain to me how
government employees getting $170,000 in overtime added to their base pay of $100,000, for a total salary of $270,000 is reasonable and in the best interest of the state, the citizens, or the job being performed.
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