Complaints from Governors regarding the Stimulus that they will have increased taxes after ten years of stimulus doesn't hold water. They don't 'get it' and refuse to change their point of view. Their refusal to participate in The Obama Stimulus is purely political without regard for high unemployment or expanding the nation's tax base through job creation. They are holding their citizens hostage to poor economics. It is NOT good for their states, or for the economy of the country.
Boston School Committee approves more than 500 job cuts (click here)
March 25, 2009 08:36 PM
By Jamie Vaznis, Globe Staff
The Boston School Committee tonight reluctantly approved an $812 million budget for next year that could lead to the loss of more than 500 positions, including more than 200 teachers and classroom aides....
...The cuts were less dire than those originally proposed by School Superintendent Carol R. Johnson last month to meet Mayor Thomas M. Menino's request to reduce spending by 5.5 percent from this year's amount. That would have led to the elimination of more than 900 positions, including about 400 teachers and aides.
The infusion of more than $30 million in federal stimulus money and a decision by Menino this month to give the schools an additional $25 million helped to shore up the budget. Most of the approximately 370 restored positions will be classroom teachers, guidance counselors, librarians, lunch monitors, and specialists in arts and music....
The stimulus is working. The circumstances of the American people would be much worse if the Obama Stimulus Bill was denied. The continued recovery could be in jeapardy if Congress refuses to pass a budget this year that could expand the recovery into creating jobs as well as protecting them.
Governor agrees to stimulus funds (click here)
By BRENDAN RILEY Associated Press Writer
Posted: 03/25/2009 04:51:58 PM PDT
CARSON CITY, Nev.—Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons, who had earlier concerns about accepting federal stimulus funds to expand jobless benefits, said Wednesday that he's now willing to take all such funds, estimated at more than $291 million.
"We have the responsibility to do everything we can to help our unemployed workers get through these difficult times, even if that means passing legislation that we would not necessarily approve during prosperous times," Gibbons stated.
Nevada's unemployment rate rose to 10.1 percent in February. The rate has increased every month since the start of the national recession in December 2007.
The Republican governor said he will work with the Democrat-controlled Legislature to develop plans to help the unemployed workers now "without penalizing businesses in the future."
"I'm willing to approve this expanded coverage with the understanding that the issue will be revisited in a future legislative session before federal dollars expire," he added.
Gibbons made his announcement after the Assembly Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously on Monday for measures that allow lawmakers to accept the stimulus funds for the jobless benefits.
Most of the money will be used to extend the number of weeks that those already on the jobless rolls can get unemployment checks. There's also another $77 million to pay for additional people, and Gibbons said the expanded coverage was what concerned him....
