This article was written by a woman named Monica Davey who is a writter for the New York Times. The article is entitled States and Cities in Scramble for Stimulus Cash. The article was written towards a general audience and anyone who may be unfamiliar with how the stimulus package works. Also who is going to recieve what dollar amounts and for what purposes the stimulus money will be spent on. This article touched on alot of things regarding the stimulus package but mainly was about how some governers and state legislators either disagree with the stimulus package completely or how they cannot agree on how to spend the money. Also arguments between states that have and states that do not as far as education spending is concerned.
there are many arguments concerning the Stimulus package and how the money should be divided up and what to use the money for. Michael D. Bissonnette, a mayor for the town of Chicopee, Mass. says "There is a tension happening between mayors and governors across the country how about who is going to recieve what dollar amounts and for what purposes." thisn is the main argument in the article. Also the author points out another argument by saying that states want the money so bad that they are going to find themselfs competing against other states for the right to have the money. One example of this the author points out is the situation in North carolina where the state does does not have a deficit. A spokesperson for Governor Bev Purdue of North Carolina said "We dont want to be penalized for not having a deficit." Meaning that she does not want to see the money promised to NC go to another state that may need the money more. There are also critics of the stimulus package all together, such as governor Mark Sanford of SC he says "For every job the bill creates, american taxpayers will spend 223,000" and that that could lead to a deficit of 9.7 trillion dollars. This is a big political decision for him and i think that it will backfire on him because the state of SC needs the stimulus money desperately.
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