At first, perhaps I brushed it off as a political novice taking a turnaround CEO’s ethos to the mess in Sacramento. But I’m pretty sure Meg Whitman is really just trying to be spiteful now. In an interview with Mitch Zak the (former?) spokesman for the Whitman for Governor campaign

On the charge that Whitman is insensitive to the plight of state workers who would lose their jobs in a 10 percent across-the-board cut: She understands, but at the same time, she thinks about those 176,000 Californians who lost jobs in February and March who also feel terrible. The goal is job creation and economic expansion across the sectors. A 10 percent reduction is appropriate. California comes back only when the private sector rebounds. When private sector thrives, public coffers are well-filled.

Oh, but don’t worry, she’ll feel your pain as social workers are cut and the disabled are left with fewer services.  And don’t worry, she’ll feel your pain when the economy slumps further as she tosses more workers on to the non-existent unemployment fund.

She’s on the record as saying that she likes Arnold’s goals, but that he doesn’t go far enough. Not far enough? Jeez, what will she have us do, save 16 Billion through IT solutions and “laying off bureaucrats” for efficiency? Oh, right, she’s already said that…