Monthly Archives: October 2007
Panel to look at road woes
Cork your bubbly; it’s just $75 million
In for a tune-up
Tax increase not a given solution, chairman says
Not just another road study? Prove it
Monday news on mass transit and capital punishment
Anti-government forces off the track in Charlotte Voters in Charlotte head to the polls next Tuesday to determine the fate of light rail in the city and it doesn’t look good for the market fundamentalists who oppose it. They are waging a desperate battle to repeal the local transit tax, complete with national speakers [Continue Reading...]
President Bush to displaced and unemployed workers: “Get a jobâ€
The administration gives the “SCHIP treatment†to Trade Adjustment Assistance and unemployment insurance
By Rob Schofield
Quick take:
- Two of the most important public safety nets for workers displaced by outsourcing and the rapid, ongoing shifts in the American and North Carolina economies are the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and unemployment insurance programs.
- Last week, the House Ways and Means Committee in Washington gave bi-partisan approval to a measure that would upgrade and modernize both programs.
- A recent Bush Administration letter, however, appears to confirm that the President will subject the legislation to the same extreme approach he has taken on children’s health insurance. As with SCHIP is appears that some North Carolina legislators will go along for the ride.
