Here are the numbers the SEIU and other public employee unions don't want you to see

If taxpayers make the connection between ballooning state government personnel expenditures and the state's billion-dollar deficit, there will be an outcry for budget cuts.  That is why the SEIU and other public employee unions are hoping California taxpayers won't see these stats.

• California Unemployment Rate - 12.3%  (Source: California Employment Development Department)
• Californians Currently Listed as Unemployed - 2.24 Million  (Source: California Employment Development Department)
• Private Sector Jobs Lost in California Since 2005 - 1,298,700  (Source: California Employment Development Department)
• State Government Jobs Added Since 2005 - 38,100  (Source: California Employment Development Department)
• Average California Private Sector Job Salary - $55,000  (Source: California Employment Development Department)
• Average State Taxes Paid by Each Private Sector Employee - $3,600  (Source: Franchise Tax Board / Board of Equalization) 
• Average Cost to Taxpayers to Pay Salary and Benefits for Each California Government Job - $90,000  (Source: California Department of Finance)
• Number of Private Sector Jobs it Takes to Support One Government Job - 25  (Source: Franchise Tax Board / Board of Equalization)

The public employee unions are desperately trying to elect Jerry Brown because they don't see him as a threat to cut spending.

There are encouraging signs the voters get it: Voters Want Supersized Government To Go On Crash Diet.