http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/12/18/arnold-loses-one-wins-one-on-furloughs/ Politics in the Bay Area and beyond Tue, 21 May 2013 22:11:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/12/18/arnold-loses-one-wins-one-on-furloughs/comment-page-1/#comment-9676 Wee weed Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:04:11 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=9635#comment-9676 You are correct, John W.

]]> http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/12/18/arnold-loses-one-wins-one-on-furloughs/comment-page-1/#comment-9666 John W. Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:47:27 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=9635#comment-9666 What’s the difference between the two cases? I’m as upset as anybody about bloated bureaucracies, public employee unions, outrageous retiree benefits and the like. However, it seems to me that if you mandate a furlough (which the guv should have complete authority to do), you have to let the employees actually take the time off.

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