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Brian Kemp: “We're paying our people More. So instead of hiring more…”

Featuring: Brian Kemp, Republican | Governor of Georgia

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Governor Brian Kemp Discusses Georgia's Business Climate and U.S. Politics at Munich Event

Published | Video Starts at 11:53

… number of people that we have in state government, it's close to what we had back in 2008. But we're doing more work because we got more efficient through technology. We're paying our people More. So instead of hiring more people at the same pay rate, we're paying people more, keeping the same numbers, but doing more work because we're using technology. So why can't the federal government do that? But I think you don't want to. Run down vaccines, though. I mean, you know, I don't. (11:53–12:04)

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Asserts that Georgia is paying state employees more while maintaining workforce size and increasing efficiency through technology.

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