March 4 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama (click title to entry - thank you) said the future of the U.S. economy depends on investing in education to produce "highly skilled" workers as he defended teachers by imploring the nation to honor them.
"The single most important thing companies are looking for are highly skilled, highly educated workers," the president told students and teachers today at Florida's Miami Central Senior High School. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, a Republican, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan accompanied Obama on the visit....
The 2010 elections showed a country out of touch with their own realities and reacting to emotionally charged rhetoric rather than a clear understanding of how their government clearly works. That is sincerely unfortunate in the USA.
The state legislatures that meeting only occassionally every year would not have acted on the 2009 funds until 2010 and the implementation of those funds would not be for another six months or so resulting in late year 2010 and early 2011 job growth. Then take into account loans to small businesses being delayed due to unavailable bank funds and government legislation to provide those funds and now we are starting to see the result.
The American people can't be this 'dim' about the way their government works, are they? If so, then why?
In many states across the country the legislation sessions are far different than the way Washington conducts their sessions (click here). This website shows when sessions were convened and adjourned. In many instances the legislation sessions are only three months long. That meant the Recovery Act would have passed the federal legislature and went to signature in February 2009. Those funds were not available to the States due to their short sessions until 2010. In the case of Arkansas their fiscal session would only occur on even years, hence 2010 would be the earliest it would have looked at state budgets and funding.
Nothing happens in government as fast as it does in the daily lives of Americans. Complain if you like, but, that will never change. It is far different calling everyone to dinner when they first have to receive food stamps funded by federal dollars than it does the dinner table in any American home.
The jobs numbers reflect SPENDING and not CUTTING by the federal system. I mean get real here. Unitl there is a recovered economy in the USA the 'cutting' of federal budgets can only be 'ceremonial' and nothing more.
Get real already. Supposedly 'being real' is what Americans are all about these days, right? Sure.
There were four states in the USA that didn't even have legislative sessions in 2010 and won't be looking at Recovery money until this year. The people of the USA are very poorly aware of their government and that allows a lot of lies and manipulation to control elections. It is a problem.
This is Wisconsin in 2010:
Last general session convened on January 19, 2010 and the business floor period ended on April 22; no more are currently scheduled.
This is the legislative session for Wisconsin 2012 (click here)
January 3, 2011 Monday
FloorperiodJanuary 11, 2011 Tuesday
FloorperiodJan 25 to Feb. 10, 2011 Tu − Th
FloorperiodFebruary 22 to 24, 2011 Tu − Th
FloorperiodMarch 8 to 10, 2011 Tu − Th
Bills sent to GovernorMarch 24, 2011 Thursday
FloorperiodApril 5 to 14, 2011 Tu − Th
FloorperiodMay 10 to 19, 2011 Tu − Th
FloorperiodJune 7 to 30, 2011, OR budget passage
Nonbudget Bills sent to GovernorAugust 4, 2011 Thursday
In many states across the country the legislation sessions are far different than the way Washington conducts their sessions (click here). This website shows when sessions were convened and adjourned. In many instances the legislation sessions are only three months long. That meant the Recovery Act would have passed the federal legislature and went to signature in February 2009. Those funds were not available to the States due to their short sessions until 2010. In the case of Arkansas their fiscal session would only occur on even years, hence 2010 would be the earliest it would have looked at state budgets and funding.
Nothing happens in government as fast as it does in the daily lives of Americans. Complain if you like, but, that will never change. It is far different calling everyone to dinner when they first have to receive food stamps funded by federal dollars than it does the dinner table in any American home.
The jobs numbers reflect SPENDING and not CUTTING by the federal system. I mean get real here. Unitl there is a recovered economy in the USA the 'cutting' of federal budgets can only be 'ceremonial' and nothing more.
Get real already. Supposedly 'being real' is what Americans are all about these days, right? Sure.
There were four states in the USA that didn't even have legislative sessions in 2010 and won't be looking at Recovery money until this year. The people of the USA are very poorly aware of their government and that allows a lot of lies and manipulation to control elections. It is a problem.
This is Wisconsin in 2010:
Last general session convened on January 19, 2010 and the business floor period ended on April 22; no more are currently scheduled.
This is the legislative session for Wisconsin 2012 (click here)
January 3, 2011 Monday
