Sen. Limmer calls for across-the-board state employee salary cut
Sen. Warren Limmer, R-Maple Grove, has called for a 15 percent across-the-board temporary salary cut for state employees, including elected officials, as a state budget solution.
According to Limmer, the action would save $923 million.
“I am personally well aware the discomfort this may bring to our state employees,” Limmer said in a press release.
But the proposal is no more severe, Limmer argued, than the realities facing the private sector.
“Many corporations have had severe layoffs and salaries greatly reduced. This plan would be far superior to job losses across the state,” he concluded.
