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Originally posted by okie_flats:
i know government money was involved somehow, otherwise it wouldn't be saving tax money to cut it.

the old CETA program was popular, employers could "hire" and the government did the paying. same sort of deal with the newer cal-works.

I also did some hiring through CETA. They were union employees and received union wages and benefits but I received around 10% back from the government for the first 6 months. I got some good employees from the program that stayed long after the CETA contract and they made full pay and benefits.

What the hell??? How the hell is 4 days of furlough supposed to save 16 million dollars??? 300 workers for 4 days at an average of 36.50 per day of labor equals some where near a savings of $43,800. Does the act of handing a paycheck to 300 people for 4 days, cost 15,946,200 ???

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Originally posted by savegus:
What the hell??? How the hell is 4 days of furlough supposed to save 16 million dollars??? 300 workers for 4 days at an average of 36.50 per day of labor equals some where near a savings of $43,800. Does the act of handing a paycheck to 300 people for 4 days, cost 15,946,200 ???

The article mentioned a total of 240,000 in the program statewide, an average of $16.67 per worker per day of work furloughed. That's where the $16 million figure came from.

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Originally posted by nero5684:

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Originally posted by savegus:
What the hell??? How the hell is 4 days of furlough supposed to save 16 million dollars??? 300 workers for 4 days at an average of 36.50 per day of labor equals some where near a savings of $43,800. Does the act of handing a paycheck to 300 people for 4 days, cost 15,946,200 ???

The article mentioned a total of 240,000 in the program statewide, an average of $16.67 per worker per day of work furloughed. That's where the $16 million figure came from.

The employers pay the client. I don't believe that the client can work though unless their support system is also working. The job coach has to be available.

I believe that the savings are the furlough of the support staff which shuts down the program and has nothing to do with client pay.

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Originally posted by kkrimmer:
... so much for bragging about being a "christian" nation... doubt that the way Americans treat the disabled, elderly, sick and poor, will match any of the teachings of Jesus... in fact it seems to be the OPPOSITE... but we rant on Islam etc... LOOK IN THE MIRROR AMERICA

I don't recall any Becoming Independent clients being sent out to bomb a farmers' market here in the U.S.; but, I DO recall some Islamists sending out a few of their "special needs" folks on a bombing mission.

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Originally posted by dbarco:
Say what you may...but at least the guy is WILLING TO WQRK and at below minimum wage!! How many slackers out there are collecting welfare, food stamps, free bus passes and free food from the food bank? Talk about whinners, some of them think they are entitled to more!!
Having been a social worker for almost 4o years I have seen my share of non-deserving slackers getting rewarded for their refusal to find work.

Maybe this shows that you weren't doing your job right!

Taken from the County Agenda:

. Subsidized Employment Program Funding Recommendation (PDF: 50k)

Resolution authorizing budgetary adjustments to the 2009‑10 Final Budget for the Human Services Department in the amount of $1,733,347 (4/5ths vote required)



Approve the Subsidized Employment Program funding recommendation under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.



Authorize the Director of the Human Services Department, or her designee, to sign an agreement with Goodwill Industries of the Redwood Empire for the Subsidized Employment Program in the amount of $5,362,680 and to sign any future amendments that do not significantly change program content and do not increase overall funding.



Resolution (PDF: 22k)

Comment:

So, Goodwill Industries ( headed by ex-sheriff Mark Idhe ) is getting $5.3 Million to pay their workers, from the county. Also they got a govt grant of $700k not too long ago.

What do I see as wrong with this? Well, manager of the Coddigtown store (back by K-Mart) that I knew told me that store alone sold $10,000 PER DAY on average. Mostly used clothes. Well that's a hell of a lot of money. They also take donations there. They have about 4 people in the back washing and pressing chlothes. another half dozen working in the store.

It's not like they have only a 10% mark-up. It's all used donated stuff they are selling. Their expenses are rent, utilities, workers.

So if they can bring in $10,000 per day, why do they need the government giving them $5.3 Million??? What is the retired sheriff paying himself??? Since it is a non-profit receiving public money that info must be made public.

Gov't wouldn't be going broke if it wasn't handing out money like this!