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To: Katelew who wrote (103554)	2/8/2009 11:40:17 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542009

With school enrollments declining, it seems natural that teachers should be laid off. That depends on whether or not there were enough teachers to begin with to keep class sizes at reasonable levels. Overcrowding has been a problem in many big city schools.

To: Katelew who wrote (103554)	2/9/2009 7:15:02 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542009

<<<With school enrollments declining, it seems natural that teachers should be laid off. Also why teachers? Why not spend billions on 'stabilization' funds to keep autoworkers and everybody else from being laid off?>>> Generally speaking people who are against economic intervention will be against any kind of stimulus to prevent layoffs. There will be an equal number if not more people complaining about keeping autoworkers employed. Obama's broad view objectives for the recovery and reinvestment program is to keep 4 million people employed who would otherwise be unemployed. A case can be made for keeping state and local government employees employed because of balanced budget requirements. No matter how you slice it, if you are against any kind of stimulus you could easily take pot shots.