States Cut Back and Layoffs Hit Even Recipients of Stimulus Aid
6th September 2009
Let’s hear it for the stimulus.
One of those laid off was David Wahl, 52, who had worked there for a decade and who sat behind the vice president at the town-hall-style meeting, soaking up the optimism of the moment. “With mass transit being pushed so hard,” Mr. Wahl recalled, “I figured I’d be able to work until I was 75.”
‘Put not your trust in Princes nor the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.’ — Psalm 146