Article: STATE EMPLOYEES UNDESERVING SCAPEGOATS FOR BUDGET WOES.(Favor y Contra/Opinion)

Byline: TONY BARAKAS

As we await the Governor's decision to sign or not to sign the Legislature's drastic 7.6% budget cuts to State agencies, my question as a state employee is, "How did our state get to this point?" Obviously, there is a lot of blame to go around. There are two groups of New Mexicans that should not bare blame for the budgetary mess. First, the citizens of our state who hand over hard earned wages to the state in the form of taxes. Secondly, the average state employee, whom for most part gets a very bad rap. This group of people provides the needed services directly to our citizens.

So, whose fault can it be? Ironically, the citizens of ...

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