Sentences with phrase «receiving stimulus money»

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Yet the recent fiscal stimulus law restricted H - 1B visas, granted to foreigners with advanced education and skills, for employees of firms that receive TARP (bank bailout) money.

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

Sean Ryan [email protected] The last round of the state's federal stimulus money for local roads was distributed unfairly, according to a highway commissioner whose county received nothing.

Programs serving the nation's economically disadvantaged students and those with disabilities are receiving massive funding boosts through the federal stimulus package — $ 13 billion for Title I aid and $ 11.3 billion for special education — but how school districts choose to use the money may set them up for problems when it dries up.

The California Department of Education announced Thursday preliminary calculations for the amount of money each local educational agency will receive from the latest federal school stimulus appropriation approved by Congress last month.

The California Department of Education announced Thursday release of the preliminary calculations for the amount of money each local educational agency will receive from the latest federal school stimulus appropriation, but to get the money the governor must act and so far, he has not.

Here's why: even after receiving a share of the stimulus money, Hartford Public Schools faces a $ 21 million deficit, because Connecticut's governor, M. Jodi Rell, proposes to drop state education spending by the same amount Connecticut gets from Washington.

Without the stimulus money the state has already received, Wisconsin would have cut the state's education budget by 10 percent, he said.

In fiscal 2010, schools actually received more in state aid, helped by an additional $ 1 billion in federal stimulus money.

Instead of getting his new law, Duncan received money from the 2009 stimulus package.

Well, if you purchase a $ 225,000 home and plan to live in the home for at least the next three years, with the tax credit savings you receive from the MCC, you will have gotten more than $ 8000 in stimulus money!

The first loan offer did not come through until March 2009, after President Obama had taken office and the program had received more money under the stimulus act.