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Cutting "perks" won't achieve budget reductions required at TDCJ

Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman has a story on the practical application of a theme that state Rep. Jerry Madden has been promoting - "cutting perks not people" at TDCJ - that, despite my great respect for the Corrections Committee Chairman, to me seems like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Reports Ward:In recent days, the prison employee perks have been targeted by legislative leaders, who say that, with the state facing the largest revenue shortfall in more than two decades, costly employee entitlements need to go. "We should be cutting perks, not people," said state Rep. Jerry Madden , R-Richardson, who heads the House Corrections Committee. "Before one state employee is laid off, we need to look at cutting a lot of these perks ? including the housing...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 08, 2011 (boomark / email).