re: Here is an easy $62.5 million to address the states shortfall.

Jindal cut state employee numbers from somewhere near 90k to near 60k in his tenure.

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Chew on that for a minute and realize if he had not done that where would we be?

BATON ROUGE – As Bobby Jindal prepared for his 2008 inauguration as governor, state government workers numbered about 93,500.

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Today, that workforce hovers at 62,000 employees — fewer than it’s been in more than two decades. Spending on payroll has decreased by about $1 billion annually

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That is true, however, if you look at the salaries for the top contracted employees, that is where the imbalance of state payroll lays. It is top-heavy.