Yes, heaven forfend that a public employee should have anything more than the lowest possible standard of work and/or living. This kind of thinking is shortsig

Yes, heaven forfend that a public employee should have anything more than the lowest possible standard of work and/or living. This kind of thinking is shortsighted at best, for obvious reasons. I'm not saying they should all get two 24" monitors, but if all you give people is the bare minimum to do their job, for all the money that you save up front, I suspect you're not gonna get much more than the bare minimum in return.