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We have been attending the budget meetings for our local school districts in both Nassau and Suffolk counties over the last few weeks and recognize the tough spot school officials and taxpayers find themselves in this year. With a flagging economy and no let up in state mandates, the decisions that have to be made are very difficult. More ... Dear Editor: Over the next few weeks there will be a great deal of criticism of President Obama's plan to increase spending from the present three trillion dollars or 21 percent of GDP (gross domestic product) to 28 percent of GDP. If this increase proves to not be enough, there is a chance that we will be heading for another depression. More ... Dear Editor: Our President wants to close the Gitmo Prison in Eastern Cuba. The prisoners cannot be rehabilitated as they would go back to killing Americans. They need to be locked up for the rest of their lives where their new neighbors would have them. More ... Governor Paterson's decision to use some of New York's $12 billion dollars in federal Medicaid funding to eliminate proposed taxes on such purchases as salon services, digital downloads, movie tickets, and non-diet soda is designed in his words "to provide targeted relief to average New Yorkers struggling to make ends meet. More ... |
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