Follow the money. The money for the small airport towers goes to salaries for the workers. The "aid to Jordan" goes to defense contractors. Guess which one has the largest lobby.
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Two sides of the "sechrestration" > > FAA to close 149 control towers to meet budget cuts > > The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it will close 149 air > traffic control towers at small airports across the country beginning on > April 7 as it copes with automatic federal spending cuts. > > The White House and transportation leaders have warned for weeks that the > $85 billion in federal cuts known as "sequestration" would force smaller > airports across the country to curtail operations. > > > http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/22/us-usa-towers-closures-idUSBRE92L11J20130322 > > > Obama offers additional $200 million to aid Jordan > > President Barack Obama says his administration is working with Congress to > provide Jordan with an additional $200 million in aid this year. > > > Jordan's economic troubles have been made worse by the influx of more than > 450,000 refugees fleeing the civil war across the border in neighboring > Syria. The Syrians are crowding refugee camps in Jordan and overwhelming > aid agencies run by the important U.S. ally in the Middle East. > > > The United States already is the largest single donor of humanitarian aid > for the Syrian people. > > > http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2013/03/22/obama-offers-additional-200-million-to-aid-jordan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362017 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
