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Originally posted by Ginger
One important thing to note is, when articles such as these talk about "cuts", the departments in question are not going to be losing money. They are not going to be getting $10 billion dollars this year and 5 billion next. Every year, departments get increases based on.... something (sorry, don't know that). When you hear about cuts being made to departments, they are talking about cuts in those increases. So instead of getting $10 billion this year, and $15 billion next year, they will only get $12.5 billion or something like that. I think that's often misunderstood.
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Believe me....I totally understand that! I work in a job funded by a grant from the Federal Government....we were just cut 40% for the 2004 program year!! To be technical we were cut one full time secretary and a part time counselor...leaving us with two counselors and a program coordinator....the kids I work with have also been cut (we cannot sign up any new kids for our program this summer nor can the kids work full-time jobs through us this summer since we subsidize their pay with the grant....we can only afford to pay them for 10 hours per week)!! So I understand the cuts....but thanks for the info!!
(Not trying to be crappy....just stating my understanding of it since it has hit home so hard!! I am lucky to still have my job!!)
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