国会开闸门,地方州伸手:加州要70亿美元 !
---州长没钱支付教师,警察的工资,养老院没经费。
California may need a $7 billion emergency loan from the federal government to pay for "teachers' salaries, nursing homes, law enforcement and every other state-funded service" this month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warns.
"The federal rescue package is not a bailout of Wall Street tycoons -- it is a lifeboat for millions of Americans whose life savings, businesses, retirement plans and jobs are at stake," Schwarzenegger said.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/03/california.loan/index.html
继加州以后,麻省也于周6开口了!要求获得联邦政府给于银行贷款的相同待遇。
天啊,要是各州都向联邦政府要钱,财长Henry Paulson大慨要逃离美国以避难了。
中国政府是否可考虑欢迎他流亡到中国来?
BOSTON (AP) -- The treasurer of Massachusetts has asked the federal government about lending Massachusetts money under the same favorable terms it has given banks and firms during the financial crisis.
Treasurer Timothy Cahill's requests to the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston this week were prompted by the state's inability to borrow from the short-term debt markets, The Boston Globe reported Saturday. The financial turmoil has caused credit markets to stop lending, or to charge prohibitive rates.
California has made a similar request, saying it would run out of money by the end of the month if the short-term debt markets do not ease. The state asked whether it could not obtain loans from the Fed.
Massachusetts has enough money to cover its expenses for the coming weeks, Cahill said. But a low-rate loan would ease a cash shortfall if the credit problems persist.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097579/posts
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