Ohio home weatherization workers face layoffs as stimulus funds dry up (700)

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Source: Columbus Morning Call

As many as 700 Ohioans who worked to weatherize homes with stimulus funding could be laid off as the federal dollars run out, the Dayton Daily News reports.

Community action agencies writing to the state said the layoffs would take place by Oct. 31, adding that more than 250 of the 700 already have been cut. Ohio received $267 million in June 2009 under the federal stimulus program for weatherization and more than 1,000 workers were trained to update homes, the paper reported.

An estimated 40,000 homes or more have been weatherized in Ohio since the federal stimulus funding became available, the paper reported.

Read more: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/morning_call/2011/08/ohio-home-weatherization-workers-face.html

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This scenario is being repeated across the country as the stimulus ends.

[CountAllVotes]

1. Great, just in time for the fall/winter

So with the end of this "stimulus" (these sorts of programs should be permanent!) goes this program that helps people to use less energy and therefore have smaller utility bills. It is a shame to see this go away!

I suppose bailing out another bank somewhere is far more important! Wall Street knows best! :mad:

:kick:

[Tempest]

2. But according to Republicans, the stimulus created no jobs

And saved no jobs.

What happened?

[lib2DaBone]

3. Stimulas funds dry up.. unemployment cut.... TeabBag cuts deep into the economy...

As the Republicans slam on the brakes...

Then we will be treated to this headline, "Unexpected Depression looms over the USA".