California is facing massive pension shortfalls as they struggle to pay retired

May 22, 2020
11:19:40am

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teachers and government workers who are leaving the state in droves. Their inevitable tax hikes will accelerate the exodus. That doesn't seem like a winning strategy.

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Here come the school budget cuts

the_byu_flash

5/22/20 10:13am

Why? They still get property tax money right? Have values dropped?

Mister P

5/22/20 10:19am

Utah’s state income tax funds schools as well

Charles Darwin

5/22/20 10:21am

Yep. Huge drop in income tax collection from all the layoffs. Property taxes

O Gaucho

5/22/20 10:35am

And tons of federal money, right?

Jay Rick

5/22/20 11:13am

About 5% of the alpine school district budget

Charles Darwin

5/22/20 11:22am

Tough decision for sure, they'll be better for it in the long-run. There are in

coug almighty

5/22/20 10:21am

This is going to get ugly, especially in blue states who already had shortages.

dYrtbYkerYder

5/22/20 10:24am

Really bad.

coug almighty

5/22/20 10:28am

Darn blue states.

SoCalCoug

5/22/20 10:41am

Article has nothing to do about budgets.

idcougarfan

5/22/20 10:59am

RE: Article has nothing to do about budgets.

StarMan

5/22/20 11:04am

RE: Article has nothing to do about budgets.

SoCalCoug

5/22/20 11:56am

You must have done a lot of research in this area. It's like you have an

Hambone

5/22/20 11:59am

I do. I call it "Google."

SoCalCoug

5/22/20 12:11pm

Red states are more reliant on sales taxes, in general. Those will fall hard.

ReyOso

5/22/20 11:03am

California is facing massive pension shortfalls as they struggle to pay retired

dYrtbYkerYder

5/22/20 11:19am

Yeah, it's going to get ugly. They won't be alone, either.

ReyOso

5/22/20 11:22am

How much are they slashing UDOTs budget?

IrishBlue

5/22/20 10:27am

wasn't there a fairly large rainy day fund at one point?

mottman

5/22/20 10:44am

800 million from what I understand. The state budget is 20 billion

Charles Darwin

5/22/20 10:48am

Can Utah cut anymore from Public Ed? Nothing left to cut. They run lean

Iman23

5/22/20 10:45am

Have you seen Corner Canyon High School?

Benfica1

5/22/20 11:05am

That is from a bond the citizens approved to build the school not state budgets.

O Gaucho

5/22/20 11:15am

This is one of the largest elements of a state or county budget.

SoCalCoug

5/22/20 10:46am

cut the administrators in half

jwf

5/22/20 10:53am

Half seems a bit much, but yes, make the wages more realistic.

Benfica1

5/22/20 11:04am

I was thinking more like cut their jobs out completely at half. Then hire more

jwf

5/22/20 11:14am

Which jobs would you cut?

O Gaucho

5/22/20 11:16am

PLC coaches

Charles Darwin

5/22/20 11:18am

Those usually aren't admin. Coaches will typically receive a teacher's salary.

Hambone

5/22/20 11:19am

Cut a bunch of administrator wages.

Benfica1

5/22/20 11:04am

Disclaimer: I am a school admin. Please elaborate how this would help the

Hambone

5/22/20 11:05am

Disclaimer: From a family of teachers (although I'm not one). Trims expenses.

Benfica1

5/22/20 11:23am

It would obviously trim expenses. I don't think you are considering the other

Hambone

5/22/20 11:40am

I’m a teacher, and I do a lot these too, but I get paid significantly less

the_byu_flash

5/22/20 12:41pm

Not going to get an argument from me that teachers are compensated fairly.

Hambone

5/22/20 1:01pm

My brother went back to being a guidance counselor after several years as a Vice

dYrtbYkerYder

5/22/20 1:24pm

What would you cut?

O Gaucho

5/22/20 11:13am

It stinks but when I visit my kids' schools, I see a ton of excess...

BlackBart

5/22/20 11:29am

Facilities?

Charles Darwin

5/22/20 11:35am

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