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

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

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As I have said before, check the number of contract employees. The work can get done one of two ways, by state employees or contract workers. Which option is cheaper? I'll go with option one. A simple head count does not tell the whole story.