Emergency Aid for Teachers and other State Employees Approved by Congress

With an unstable economy and a looming budget deficit, federal employees are in danger of losing their jobs and entering the unemployment world. Over 300,000 teachers, police and other public workers are all prone to job layoffs which the federal government needs to halt further expenses and avoid anymore increase in budget deficit.

Just weeks before the start of the school year, Congress was already busy drafting a proposal to quickly utilize billions of dollars in emergency education aid to various federal states. This move is seen as a helpful factor in preventing the layoff of thousands of teachers across the nation. Removing thousands of teachers is seen as a very catastrophic event where not only will more people get unemployed, but the quality of education in the country will plummet down as well.

The U.S. Senate has already approved the usage of some $10 billion in aid to educational firms and institutions. It will also provide another $16 billion to provide assistance to various states in funding their Medicaid budgets. This will free up a significant amount of money to pursue other major priorities such as avoiding further increases in tax and maintaining the other employees of the state. The aid will basically benefit about 300,000 workers most of whom are teachers or those who are directly involved with the education sector.

With business institutions losing revenues and individuals also losing their jobs, tax revenues have been continuously in a slump. The measure will basically provide financial assistance and relief to the school districts of each state who was hit hard by the recession. It is welcome news to most federal employees as despite fears of further increasing the budget deficit; the federal government has provided what was desperately needed by local schools and states. Carlos Garcia, superintendent of San Francisco's schools, said that the measure is a great help to schools as it enables them to hire more workers. He further mentioned that for us to get out of recession, people should really start working.

The measure will basically get money by cutting other less-priority programs and raising more taxes on U.S.-based multinational companies. Though the republicans criticized the measure as another repeat of the previous economic stimulus bill which only accounted for another increase in massive deficit, this measure would greatly protect people from losing their jobs. The recession will only get worse when more people lose their jobs and result in poverty. The U.S. government should consider preserving and delivering basic social services to all citizens as they really need it especially at this time of hardships and problems.