Follow the business model


Opinion: July 1, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

Follow the business model

EDITOR:

I see our Gov. Strickland is having problems getting the Ohio operating budget to balance. I have a suggestion: Why doesn’t he play “private enterprise” and cut. He could start with a 5 percent to 15 percent compensation cut for all state employees and then require a 20-to-25 percent contribution to their health care.

I would guess if these were invoked, the budget would be balanced and fewer than 5 percent of the employees would leave their jobs.

GORDON WILLIAMS

Canfield