http://74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=state+of+CT++pension+obligation&fr=yfp-t-701&u=www.ct.gov/governorrell/lib/governorrell/moodys_report.doc&w=state+ct+connecticut+pension+obligation&d=TmhQcd29T3jf&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=K8iO49o7xaKZbJO8iJi3qw–

Now, what to do. Rell and GOP plans are fine, but as we have seen, pointless. Neither will come to anything, and the Dems will raise taxes on the 4 wealthy people who will be left in Greenwich by the 2nd quarter on 2010.

http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/should-public-sector-jobs-come-first/

I heard the argument in CT put forth by an agency head: The 2001/023 layoffs were a disaster because too many senior workers took early retirement and too many junior workers were laid off.

As the argument goes, the ‘agency culture’ was undermined by the lack of senior leadership and the lack of worker bees brought productivity way down as mid-level workers hesitated to pick up the slack by doing the work of the worker bees. (Generally by pulling out their job descriptions and issuing the veiled threat: “Make me an acting manager or else. I’m not doing worker bee work.”)

The message was that the time between downturns is too short to continue disrupting staff in that manner. By the time Junior Staff is trained and productive layoffs start again.