Government paychecks, pensions now a dead weight to Sacramento economy

McClatchy reports:

Through the decades, as flashier private sector jobs came and went, solid government paychecks and pensions formed the steady foundation of Sacramento's economy.

Now that foundation has become a dead weight.

Layoffs, furloughs and other public sector cutbacks are stalling Sacramento's economic recovery. To a degree not seen in decades, a crisis in government is elevating the region's unemployment rate, prolonging the real estate slump and carving cash out of the economy to the tune of around $2 million a day.

When government workers are a large part of a local economy: this is bound to happen.