They voted no to this?!!!!!

[QUOTE="Serraph105"]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC9sAZ5_Tlk

http://alaska-native-news.com/article/National_News/National_News/Teachers_First_Responders_Back_to_Work_Act_Blocked_in_Senate_Vote/23484

This would have have put teachers and first responders back to work and all of it would have been paid for by raising taxes 0.5% on people who make over a million a year after the first million was made. I understand the idea of not wanting to burden people during a recession, but it's only a 0.5% raise we are talking about.

airshocker

And where would the money come from after it ran out? Or would the government continue to levy this tax and give the money to the states? It makes absolutely no sense to pass it, and then have the states just fire people when they can't come up with the money again.