A city employee is held back by friends from confronting city managers at Costa Mesa City Hall after a maintenance worker jumped to his death Thursday, March 17, 2011 in Costa Mesa, Calif. Police say a Costa Mesa maintenance worker jumped to his death from the roof of City Hall after he was called in to get his layoff notice. Costa Mesa police Lt. Bryan Glass says the man jumped at about 3:20 p.m. Thursday. The Orange County Register says two witnesses saw the man jump and attempted to save him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The City Council voted earlier this month to cut more than 200 jobs in a drastic move to plug a $15 million dollar budget hole.
There is a human cost related to "conservative" politics.
So.. what I don't get is how the math is supposed to add up. Tax revenue is down because unemployment is up. Unemployment is up because demand is down. Demand is down because people don't have money to spend. So, if you lay off more people, that has the chain of consequences where you end up with less tax revenue and the cycle repeats.
I'm not sure I'd hold the guy back. Somebody deserves a good ass kicking.
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