And, the business senator said that even as it battles a weighty wage billM government inexplicably continues to make new hires:
Kevin Herrera, Business Senator
"Last year, and this one was strange to me, we saw 1,510 new employees come into the system, costing government $31,000 per employee. This coming year, we have budgeted 819 more staff into the public sector."
"This one baffles me, Madam President, because it might not be necessary for government to ease the unemployment situation by taking on persons within the public sector as much as it did before. We know that after elections, after new administrations come in, sometimes they reward some of their key people with contracts. But like I said, I think the private sector is in a much better position to take up some of this load, Madam President."
