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States aren't using stimulus funds as intended Posted on 7/8/2009
The Obama administration hoped spending $787 billion in stimulus would jump-start the economy, build new schools and usher in an era of education reform.
States Setting Aside Plans So far, government auditors say, many states are setting aside such grand plans and simply trying to stay afloat.
The Government Accountability Office says the stimulus is keeping teachers off the unemployment lines, helping states make greater Medicaid payments and providing a desperately needed cushion to state budgets.
Short Term Spending But investigators found repeated examples in which, either out of desperation or convenience, states favored short-term spending over long-term efforts such as education reform.
2 Million Jobs Lost Since Obama signed the stimulus bill in February, the economy has lost more than 2 million jobs.
9.5% Unemployment Unemployment now stands at 9.5 percent, the highest in more than a quarter century.
