I came across this article on ABC’s local San Francisco affiliate via the Internet Archive, which is appealing for donations to continue this program:
A quarter million people nationwide are likely losing their jobs because the multi-billion dollar federal stimulus program which 37 states used to hire the unemployed is ending. The loss of the program means the loss of funding for more than 4,000 jobs in San Francisco alone.
Thursday was the last day of work for Samantha O’Connell.
“I’m very sad and I’m kind of scared, really scared, too,” she said.
Her paycheck at the San Francisco company Internet Archive was paid for by federal stimulus dollars. So were the salaries of 144 other employees there. That money dried up Thursday because Congress failed to act.
Here is a picture of your tax dollars at work.
Here are lots of pictures of your tax dollars at work.
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