加州政府要裁掉20,000名政府雇員了.

加州政府要裁掉20,000名政府雇員了.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California, which is on the brink of running out of cash, will notify 20,000 state workers on Tuesday their jobs may be eliminated, a spokesman for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Monday.

The announcement came a day after California lawmakers narrowly failed to pass a $40 billion budget that would have plugged the state's deficit with a mix of tax hikes and spending cuts.

"In the absence of a budget, the governor has a responsibility to realize state savings any way he can," said Aaron McLear, a spokesman for the Republican governor. "This is unfortunately a necessary decision."

The layoff notices will affect about 20 percent of state workers, McLear said, adding the cuts would extend to every part of state government.

The positions would be eliminated in June in preparation for California's next fiscal year, which starts in July.

California, America's most populous state and the world's eighth biggest economy, has experienced a dramatic fall in revenues because of the housing downturn, rising unemployment and a sharp pullback in consumer spending.

To conserve cash, the state has stopped public works projects, furloughed state employees for two days a month and postponed sending out tax refunds.

(Reporting by Nichola Groom; Editing by Peter Cooney)

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• 20% VS. 80%: A distribution game -0.0001- ♂ (138 bytes) () 02/17/2009 postreply 08:15:03

• 回複：20% VS. 80%: A distribution game -雲河- ♀ (35 bytes) () 02/17/2009 postreply 09:03:53

• 也許就是一個策略而已， 不會真的實行 -goodpoint- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/17/2009 postreply 09:27:54

• 你的這個見解很有道理. -多哥- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/17/2009 postreply 09:35:16

• 就算裁掉 200，000.。那活兒照樣輕輕鬆鬆幹。。 -人微言輕- ♂ (36 bytes) () 02/17/2009 postreply 13:12:13