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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding: One-dimensional stimulus
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding. Wednesday, December 17, 2008. Following are excerpts from two articles published in The Enterprise Newspapers in two days that illustrate the ineffectiveness of a one-dimensional economic stimulus plan:. From Washington, D.C., and from Olympia, the refrain is the increasingly same: This recession demands a job-creating stimulus package. From Edmonds, the response has been quick: If you have money, we have ways to spend it. . . This is the problem with a one-dimension...
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding: Washington's deficit not that bad?
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding. Thursday, December 18, 2008. Washington's deficit not that bad? Speaker Chopp seems to be out of touch with what working people and students need. He doesn't think the budget deficit that is already causing the government to cut health care, workers' hours, and education is really that much of a problem. From the Seattle Times:. House Speaker Frank Chopp said Washington's projected deficit may not be as bad as it looks. In fact, we won't do that now,' he said. We are...
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding: November 2008
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding. Sunday, November 30, 2008. Gregoire proposes huge State budget cuts. Gregoire has put out an initial plan for making the cuts necessary to balance the State's budget. The Seattle Times published an article today on her plans. Here are two excerpts:. Also on the chopping block is $404 million for higher education. Thursday, November 27, 2008. Tabling in the CAB. Tuesday, November 25, 2008. Community colleges must cut 6,000 students. Community colleges would need to sh...
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding: February 2009
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding. Friday, February 20, 2009. 8 Billion budget deficit in WA: Almost as bad as CA. This is where things have been pointing for the past three months. It should come as no surprise to readers of this blog, as we have been saying for months now that the deficit is only going to grow. From the Seattle Times:. What about the federal stimulus, of which Washington State is expected to receive $6.7 billion? Back to the Times:. The state expects to get billions of dollars in ai...
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding: "To be eliminated" at Evergreen
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding. Thursday, February 12, 2009. To be eliminated" at Evergreen. TO BE “ELIMINATED”. The following are to be “eliminated”:. Evergreen Center for Educational Improvement. NW Indian Research Center. The Computer Applications Lab. Folks, this is less than half of the list! Http:/ collab.evergreen.edu/budget/files/budget/Academics%20Budget%20Reduction%20Scenarios%201-29-09%20Draft.pdf. They say they want our input, but how can we participate in a dialogue if we are being del...
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding: Gregoire: Stimulus will not stop budget cuts
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding. Wednesday, February 4, 2009. Gregoire: Stimulus will not stop budget cuts. Washington's share of a federal economic stimulus package - estimated at perhaps $4 billion - will have plenty of strings attached, and won't be the economic cure-all that some people are hoping for, Gov. Chris Gregoire said Tuesday. But "that's not how the money's coming," Gregoire said. "There's not going to be a whole lot of discretion out there for spending the money.". During the last eco...
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding: CPJ Article: Unite against the budget cuts or we will fail
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding. Tuesday, December 16, 2008. CPJ Article: Unite against the budget cuts or we will fail. We're in the current issue of the Cooper Point Journal. The article this time emphasizes the need for unity. Here it is:. We will unite against the budget cuts, or we will fail. By Benjamin Gallup and Evan Rohar. In this economic climate, tuition hikes and layoffs of state workers should be out of the question. So, too, should a reduction in services to a growing number of peo...
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding: Gregoire's Budget
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding. Friday, December 19, 2008. Health and human services: $1.4 billion. Reductions include cutting $500 million from state programs that provide health care for children, the poor and the disabled. The cuts could eliminate health-care services for 46,000 people. Pay raises: $682 million. However the state would provide the additional money needed to continue paying 88 percent of the health-insurance premiums for state employees, as required by their contracts." ( Ibid.
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding: $8 Billion budget deficit in WA: Almost as bad as CA
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding. Friday, February 20, 2009. 8 Billion budget deficit in WA: Almost as bad as CA. This is where things have been pointing for the past three months. It should come as no surprise to readers of this blog, as we have been saying for months now that the deficit is only going to grow. From the Seattle Times:. What about the federal stimulus, of which Washington State is expected to receive $6.7 billion? Back to the Times:. The state expects to get billions of dollars in ai...
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding: College in WA and across the US becoming unaffordable
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Evergreen Committee for Full Funding. Thursday, December 4, 2008. College in WA and across the US becoming unaffordable. The share of income required to pay for college, even with financial aid, has been growing especially fast for lower-income families, the report found. The situation in Washington State is no better than the national picture. The Seattle Times wrote yesterday that "poor and working-class families in Washington must spend 36 percent of their income, in addition to financial aid, to ...
