i think heirer s dead right. we re going to have to do something with the state or local governments or teachers are going to be losing their jobs, firefighters, policemen, the rest. that money redirect it. some of the stimulus money was used for harebrained things like giving college professors like myself summer research money. that don t create any jobs. let s move some of that money to where it will have impact in the near term while we address some of those bigger problems but those bigger problems will have to be addressed. here s minority leader boehner in the house also talking about the economy. here it is. i m concerned about the plight of teachers, firemen, policemen who face the real possibility that they may be laid off. but to send this letter up here on a saturday night with no opportunity to cut spending elsewhere in the budget strikes knee as a little different. the fact is that the spending spree in washington is continuing to run unabated. the american people are