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...Indeed, one of the most perverse consequences of an obsession with service is the wedge it drives between the servers and the served. In one particularly obtuse plan, the Obama administration intends to ensure that at least a quarter of federal work-study funds will support public service programs, “instead of jobs in dining halls and libraries.” That way, low-paid immigrants can take the dining-hall jobs from which the enlightened students have been liberated, and then the students can be paid to write policy papers and hold up posters in solidarity...
While it is easy to complain about The College’s plan to increase tuition in these difficult times, one must realize that it is precisely at these times that, as a community, we must take steps to ensure that our institution does not languish...
...final budget plan, which Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed on Friday, is also dependent on federal stimulus money. California expects approximately $80 billion, although it is not yet clear exactly where this money will be funneled. For instance, if the state determines there is enough money from the federal stimulus package not earmarked for other areas, the personal income tax rate hike could be reduced by half...
There is an irony in passing such a draconian budget in the shadow of President Obama's recent incentives. "This budget plan has been really counter-intuitive from what people have been hearing about the federal stimulus package," Baldassare says. "We recognize that here's a circumstance where the federal government is moving in one direction, which is to encourage [funding] increases and tax cuts to stimulate, and the state is moving in a different direction." However, Baldassare says he is pleased the state budget is finally balanced: "Getting this budget issue behind us was the most important thing California...
...After meeting with Yang, Clinton announced a tentative plan to hold regular high-level talks between the U.S. and China. During the Bush administration Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson led a Strategic Economic Dialogue with China, but under the new system, both Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Clinton would lead discussions divided into two tracks: economic and strategic, which includes a broad range of "political and security and global issues," she said. (See 25 people to blame for the global financial crisis...