But Don't Hold Your Breath

Vermont is among the national leaders in terms of both most state employees per capita and highest expenditure per capita on state employee payrolls. In fact, a 2003 Census study showed that we have about 50 percent more employees per capita than the national average — 218 state employees per 10,000 population to a national average of 144.

In a bureaucracy of that size, it's inconceivable that the state can't find some fat to trim, especially in a recession.
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(ed. note: earlier wrong link, now fixed.)