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Originally Posted by classicman
I personally don't have a better plan. That's one reason why I'm not an elected official.
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The problem is that those elected officials who can offer alternatives have not. IMO, it is the belief of many of those that it is a better political strategy to just say "NO" rather than to offer substantive policy alternatives.
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I hear about these police and teachers that were kept on through the implementation of the stimulus money, but now thats gone and the states are going to have to come up with more revenue to maintain their employ. Where is that money coming from. Did this just "stop the bleeding' for awhile?
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Right. The state stabilization funds in the stimulus bill is a short-term fix. The intent is to "stop the bleeding" while the economy was tanking and states budgets were facing shortfalls not previously experienced in any recent years.
The hope is that with a more stable economy again..and an economy now showing positive GDP growth again (for the first time in 2 years) ...state budget revenues will also stabilize and grow.