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State employees part of solution to crisis

Shariq Iqbal Hartford

Publication: The Day

Published 08/27/2010 12:00 AM
Updated 08/27/2010 06:23 AM

After reading the article titled "Foley fends off late charge for GOP win," published Aug. 11, and comments by Donna Roberto, a co-worker at the Department of Revenue Services, I must respond.
Before I answer Ms. Roberto's claims about state employees, a little must be said about Connecticut's Republican Party. Connecticut Republicans can't blame Democrats and state employees, because Republicans have been in charge for 16 years and have always had the same boilerplate approach, that balancing the state budget starts and ends with state employees.
It is hypocritical and disingenuous for Ms. Roberto to claim state employees are paid too much and benefits are "unbelievable" while she collects her paycheck and likely avails herself of the so-called "unbelievable benefits."
Ms. Roberto also claims to understand the problems the state is facing while others around her are clueless. I respectfully ask her to expand on that.
Dollar for dollar, public employees do cost-effective work and have been part of the solution - last year we gave back $750 million - though this current crisis was brought on by the business sector, including banks, brokerage houses and such.
I shudder to think what will happen if Connecticut is really run like a business.

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