Paulsen Issues a Statement on Governor’s Misclassification Unit
House Republican Leader Kraig Paulsen issued the following statement Tuesday, December 30th, in response to Gov. Culver’s plan to create a Misclassification Unit to enforce the hiring of independent contractors:
“Two weeks ago the governor was forced to implement across the board budget cuts. Then last week his own department heads asked to increase their budgets by 5.7 percent. Now the governor wants to spend almost $1 million on a task force. During this time of economic uncertainty, the governor should be looking for ways to save taxpayer dollars, not spend more of them.
“I am amazed that the governor doesn’t think the 2,600 new state employees he authorized in the last 2 years are enough. Further, these additions the governor proposes are being made to address an issue that I have yet to receive a single constituent contact on.”
Uncategorized | January 5, 2009
