http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/2009/11/lyons-calls-guv%e2%80%99s-furlough-proposal-%e2%80%98cruel%e2%80%99/ Get the real story Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:44:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/2009/11/lyons-calls-guv%e2%80%99s-furlough-proposal-%e2%80%98cruel%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-9173 jivaro99 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:44:35 +0000 http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/?p=9507#comment-9173 In this particular case I have to somewhat agree with Pat Lyons. The people that are being made to take furloughs are the people making below $33,000. The people making the big money of $50,000 per year that are like the appointees of the Governor and featherbedders that are in positions doing little to nothing are the ones who need to be cut, not just furloughed. There are many hard working people who work for the state in one capacity or another, but what about the people who work at jobs that could be handled by one person and but their are two and sometimes three doing the job of one. Many of the people who run for office only are thinking of themselves and their position, or one problem. We have many problems in this state and have had for more than ninety years. The candidates running need to know what all of the problems are and how to balance a budget and live within that budget.   Pat Lyons has done a good job for the people and they don't seem to realize how much money he has brought to education through his efforts. He made a few stumbles and mistakes along the line, but haven’t all the politicians of the past.The Governor and his people have gone on a wild spending spree that has put the state in the same category as States like Oklahoma and others that are broke. Just because you have a surplus, you don't have to spend it on foolish projects like the rail runner, supporting private businesses, or hiring unneeded appointees that are a drain on the surplus and ultimately create a shortfall that is close to a billion dollars.   The tightening of the belt should be done by the Governor and his lackeys, not the taxpayers and little people who do the work and draw less pay.   In this particular case I have to somewhat agree with Pat Lyons. The people that are being made to take furloughs are the people making below $33,000. The people making the big money of $50,000 per year that are like the appointees of the Governor and featherbedders that are in positions doing little to nothing are the ones who need to be cut, not just furloughed. There are many hard working people who work for the state in one capacity or another, but what about the people who work at jobs that could be handled by one person and but their are two and sometimes three doing the job of one. Many of the people who run for office only are thinking of themselves and their position, or one problem. We have many problems in this state and have had for more than ninety years. The candidates running need to know what all of the problems are and how to balance a budget and live within that budget.
 
Pat Lyons has done a good job for the people and they don’t seem to realize how much money he has brought to education through his efforts. He made a few stumbles and mistakes along the line, but haven’t all the politicians of the past.The Governor and his people have gone on a wild spending spree that has put the state in the same category as States like Oklahoma and others that are broke. Just because you have a surplus, you don’t have to spend it on foolish projects like the rail runner, supporting private businesses, or hiring unneeded appointees that are a drain on the surplus and ultimately create a shortfall that is close to a billion dollars.
 
The tightening of the belt should be done by the Governor and his lackeys, not the taxpayers and little people who do the work and draw less pay.
 

]]> http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/2009/11/lyons-calls-guv%e2%80%99s-furlough-proposal-%e2%80%98cruel%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-9170 Hemingway Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:03:50 +0000 http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/?p=9507#comment-9170 In the private sector when there are hard times there are always layoffs and budget cuts. Government officials including Lyons have no sense of business. Sometimes unfortunately you have to bite the bullet. Furloughs are necessary at this time. In the private sector when there are hard times there are always layoffs and budget cuts. Government officials including Lyons have no sense of business. Sometimes unfortunately you have to bite the bullet. Furloughs are necessary at this time.

]]> http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/2009/11/lyons-calls-guv%e2%80%99s-furlough-proposal-%e2%80%98cruel%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-9169 Joseph Cummins Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:48:54 +0000 http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/?p=9507#comment-9169 I wonder if Lyon's would consider it cruel when private sector employees are furloughed?   Politicians and bureaucrats have their agenda's upside-down.   It's cruel when the cash-strapped, belt-tightened taxpayers are forced to pay state employees who get two to three times the income of normal NM taxpayers.   Hopefully the voters will cast-out the whole lot and start fresh. Then, perhaps, the new politico's will begin cleaning-out the real problem -- the bloated, sticky-red-tape agencies. I wonder if Lyon’s would consider it cruel when private sector employees are furloughed?
 
Politicians and bureaucrats have their agenda’s upside-down.
 
It’s cruel when the cash-strapped, belt-tightened taxpayers are forced to pay state employees who get two to three times the income of normal NM taxpayers.
 
Hopefully the voters will cast-out the whole lot and start fresh. Then, perhaps, the new politico’s will begin cleaning-out the real problem — the bloated, sticky-red-tape agencies.

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