Matt Blunt Balances Budget On Backs of Highly Paid State Employees

Matt Blunt has saved Missouri money by outsourcing maintenance and custodial jobs:

Gov. Matt Blunt’s practical spending policies are adding up to save taxpayers millions. Under his guidance, the Office of Administration (OA) recently contracted select janitorial and security services to save an estimated $1.6 million without impacting services offered.

"Spending more than we have to spend is just bad money management. It is ridiculous for taxpayers to have to pay more for the services Missouri’s private sector employers can do at a lower cost," Blunt said. "If we are going to be responsible stewards of the state’s limited resources we must continue to look for these common sense ways to improve efficiency and reduce waste."

(Link seen on Missourians Fired Up!, who unfortunately goes on to explain how big business and the international conspiracy of Republican governors, or at least Milwaukee's Johnson Controls, Inc., bought this contract with its support of sensible governance. Personally, I would question the effectiveness of this shadow conspiracy since the Darth Johnsoncontrols cannot unseat the silly Democrat governor in its own state.)