Some experts say California's payroll system 'puzzle' doesn't compute

They say it should not be as hard as the controller says it is to reprogram the computer to cut state employees' pay to the minimum wage as Schwarzenegger has demanded while there is no budget.

For the last seven years, demands that state worker pay be reduced when California has no budget have been met with a consistent response from union-friendly state controllers: Their computer can't do the math.