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If you read the news, you know by now that all the jobs have vanished and the Imperial Senate has reached a deal on the stimulus bill. Since you did not get to vote on this one, you may be wondering just what got cut.

CNN has posted a handy list of the missing and the dead, which includes, but may not be limited to:

• $1 billion for Head Start/Early Start

• $98 million for school nutrition

• $5.8 billion for Health Prevention Activity

• $600 million for Title I (No Child Left Behind)

• $16 billion for school construction

Hypertextual:
For what advancement may I hope from thee,
That no revenue hast but thy good spirits
To feed and clothe thee? Why should the poor be flatter'd?

Hypermusical: N.E.R.D. - Sooner or Later.

Would You Be Mine?

Ideas For Obama
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: January 12, 2009
President-elect Barack Obama’s economic plan falls well short of what’s needed. To fix it, he needs to stop talking about “jump-starts” and focus on long-term
investment.

Obama Again Raises Estimate of Jobs His Stimulus Plan Will Create or Save
By JEFF ZELENY and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Published: January 11, 2009
Barack Obama said that his economic recovery plan would create or save three million to four million jobs.

Mr. Rogers sings, not the intro, but a B Side called "I like you..."