Senate Remembers to Fund the Wars

I was worried there for a minute.

Also see: Senate to Let Unemployment Extensions Expire

No money for that, huh?

"Senate approves $60b war funds, disaster relief bill; Move for more jobless aid stalls in House" by Shailagh Murray and Lori Montgomery, Washington Post | May 28, 2010

WASHINGTON — The Senate approved emergency war funding and disaster relief yesterday, but a larger bill, packed with jobless aid, business tax breaks, and other economic incentives, stalled in the House amid rising deficit concerns....

Why did you elect Democrats again, America?

The Senate adjourned last night without passing any portion of the jobless package, amid a growing concern among Democrats that government spending is out of control....

As they plop down BILLIONS for WARS!!

Yeah, when it comes to ANYTHING YOU WANT, Americans, then spending is out of control!

But if you are a bank, war-profiteer, or Israel the check gets cut right away.

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Related:

"230 Quincy teachers receive layoff notices; But $2.3m in wage giveback may cut number" by Molly A. K. Connors, Globe Correspondent | May 28, 2010

About 230 Quincy teachers received pink slips yesterday, but officials said the $2.3 million in wage concessions this week by the teachers union will end up saving some of those jobs.

“I’ve been spending the whole day responding to panicked questions and people crying,’’ said Paul Phillips, president of the Quincy Education Association....

Related: School's Out Forever For Some Boston Teachers

BILLIONS for WA.... awww, forget it!!!!!!!!!!

Phillips and school officials said it is unlikely that all 230 people, roughly 25 percent of school personnel, will lose their jobs. The School Committee had until May 30 and June 15 to notify tenured and nontenured teachers that they would be laid off, and the union’s concession was so recent that officials did not have time to apply the $2.3 million in savings....

The union made the concessions as the schools faced a shortfall of more than $9 million for fiscal 2011, which begins July 1....

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"The percentage of public schools where more than three-quarters of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch — a key indicator of poverty — has increased in the past decade....

Think there is a CONNECTION, dear readers?

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And if that is true why are the kids so fat?

Government food not good food, huh?

Also see: Meet First Lady Michelle Obama