Claim: "Since the beginning of the economic downturn in FY 2008, the state workforce has been reduced by 12.4 percent as part of overall cost savings measures to balance the budget to reduce revenues."
Fact-check: Cuts to state workforce not as steep as Deal said
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Chris Joyner
Date published: 2012-06-22T00:00:00