The Homa Files

That’s the question, and a recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that:

• 40% of Adults favor a 10% pay cut for all state employees to help reduce state spending
• 41% oppose a 10% across-the-board pay cut
• 19% are not sure

A pretty even split, but digging deeper:

• 60% of entrepreneurs favor a 10% pay cut for public employees
• A plurality (45%) of private company workers favor a 10% pay cut
• 75% of those employed by the government do not favor a pay cut.

Flipping the numbers: 1 in 4 government employees think their pay should be cut.

Hmmm.

P.S. Note that they’re called government “employees”, not “government workers”.

Double hmmm.

Exceprted from:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/jobs_employment/january_2011/many_favor_cutting_pay_benefits_of_state_employees

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