You’re probably reading this at work. A lot of folks should be happy they have jobs right now. There is a tremendous amount of uncertainty in most of our professional lives - (especially if you subscribe to the LIFO theory of layoffs - Last In, First Out). We are fortunate in that most of us in Vision Fort Worth are young enough to withstand a layoff in this economic cycle. For some of us (pushing the end of our tenure here at VFW) this is the second time around in a down economy…
Which brings me to the point of this week’s post. You know where your tax dollars are going today? It’s called a stimulus package. Not just the one to bail out the banks anymore. Now we have some new projects on hand.
The Fiscal Stimulus Package bill (all glorious $825 Billion of it - insert song “Hallelujah”) was passed by three House committees this week and is expected to be voted on by the Senate soon. Included in the bill is a lot of stuff - spending on education, school districts, higher ed modernization, healthcare, energy transmission, energy distribution, energy production, worker benefits, infrastructure for highways, water, flood control, mass rail and transit, $21 million to sod the National Mall, $50 million to the national endowment to the arts and $650 million to digital TV certificates - how else are you going to learn about this stuff if you don’t go digital?
Did you catch those last items? I’m not kidding - and there will be more spending on items like this as we go - just watch.
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