Williams vs. the Senate Stimulus
If there’s anyone reading this that hasn’t been following the Federal “stimulus package” as it wends its way through the sausage factory in Congress, the Senate – led by Joe Lieberman, Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins – removed a number of the beneficial items from the House version, and replaced them with (essentially) more tax benefits for the very wealthy.
Don Williams (a potential Gubernatorial candidate) has a couple of things to say about this development:
While final calculations are still being made, it is estimated that Connecticut could lose approximately $350 million if the new Senate version of the stimulus package replaces the original.
In a letter to Senator Lieberman and Senator Dodd, Senator Williams writes, “Please reconsider the very harmful changes to the federal stimulus package proposed in the latest Senate version of the package. The elimination of crucial funding to support education, healthcare and information technology, alternative energy, and state budgetary assistance will have destructive consequences for Connecticut and the other forty-nine states.” [...]
“The changes in the Senate plan represent lost opportunities to put in place the resources that are critical to our economic recovery in the long term, and a loss of jobs and stimulus that are critical to the immediate economic survival of Connecticut families in the short term,” writes Senator Williams.