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...California. If California ends CalWORKs, the state's welfare-to-work program, it would save $1.3 billion but lose three times that amount in federal money. (Since President Bill Clinton's reform, welfare has been run by the states, which receive block grants from the Federal Government that they spend as they wish. Mecca says no other state has ever said no to the federal money, nor has one proposed a flat-out elimination of welfare for families with children.) (Read "Can Marijuana Help Rescue California's Economy...
...What's even worse, this Open was supposed to have significant recession-fighting qualities. The location is advantageous - Bethpage Black is just a par-5 from New York City, a ravenous sports market whose economy hasn't completely crashed. The fans would be loud and ready to spend. Also, terrific story lines were going to amp up even more interest - Tiger Woods, who got through six holes on Thursday and was one over par, trying to repeat as U.S. Open champ; New York fan favorite Phil Mickelson playing in his first major since his wife was stricken with breast cancer...
...some financial aid packages to their returning and incoming students. So their institutional financial aid budget was tapped out in some ways [when the program was finalized]," Day said. "That was difficult for some schools to maneuver, trying to maximize participation but also trying to predict what they could spend."Next year, the University may find it easier to coordinate and expand participation in Yellow Ribbon because of experience gained from administering the program this year, potentially more funds to support the program, and greater flexibility in the aid budget cycle, Day said.While reports earlier in the year had raised...
...said Amir Mohebbian, a prominent principalist thinker who backed Ahmadinejad with some reservations. "But they were not good for the system." Indeed, Ahmadinejad's toughest debate was with the other principalist candidate, Mohsen Rezaei, a former commander of the Revolutionary Guards, who challenged the President's inflationary tendency to spend money on direct wealth redistribution - all sorts of stipends for the working class and the poor - while neglecting a long-term investment strategy. Unlike the older reformers, Rezaei refuted the President's arguments effectively. He directly addressed the Iranian people: "You go to the store. You know the price...
...your seafood brunch, on how to source that hard-to-find JJ Prüm 2005 Gold Kap, or how to transport wine safely (microchips embedded in the crates to regulate and monitor temperature, and track location, will help), Sarment's sommeliers provide round-the-clock service. They also spend eight weeks a year on the road to find new wines and forge relationships with reclusive Bordeaux winemakers...