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Sunday, 09 October 2011

The incredible shrinking NJ state government

I do believe that Christie fellow is starting to have an impact.

Report: NJ state work force continues to shrink

New data shows New Jersey's public work force has been depleted in recent years, with staffing levels in many departments now at their lowest levels in decades.

The annual Civil Service Commission report obtained by The Star-Ledger of Newark shows there were 76,956 state employees in all three branches of government at the end of 2010. That's the lowest total since 2002 and roughly 3,000 less than when Gov. Chris Christie took office in January 2010.

Two observations. There hasn't been any noticeable decrease in state services. In fact judging by the quite effective response to Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee I'd say the government is managing to get by with the people they have.

And, a drop of 3,000 out of 80,000 isn't even a 5% decrease in staffing. Most corporate workforces have endured multiple rounds of significantly larger cuts. A ten percent reduction ought to be Gov. Christie's next target; I'm sure there's still plenty of fat just waiting to be trimmed.

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