The House came back from vacation Tuesday to pass a $26 billion bill to save the jobs of teachers and other workers, which was promptly signed by President Barack Obama. But users of syracuse.com see the move as an expansion of the national debt. Here's what user dartime had to say: Sorry, to spur the economy, one must cut...
View full sizeHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is surrounded by area children Tuesday as she signs a $26 billion jobs bill to protect 300,000 teachers and other nonfederal government workers from election-year layoffs.The House came back from vacation Tuesday to pass a $26 billion bill to save the jobs of teachers and other workers, which was promptly signed by President Barack Obama. But users of syracuse.com see the move as an expansion of the national debt. Here's what user dartime had to say:
Sorry, to spur the economy, one must cut taxes for the private sector that pays the bills. The public sector(which takes money) must be cut, this just amounts to the same problem next year when again there is no money. This hurts the recovery process.
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