kbrinl, $26 billion went to teachers who are all unionized. a lot of it will come back in the form of campaign don yaig autos this puts off a day of reckoning for states get thirg third or fourth bailout here, so they don t have to actually make the difficult decisions their own priority setting of what to cut and keep. this may put off a day of reckoning because days before this vote, asked me to big public employees union holding a rally, announcing their intention before the vote to go into the states and campaign for democrats, and against republicans who are opposing this and what states have they targeted? california, illinois, and new york three states going bankrupt. why did they target those states? they want to ensure democrats get reelected to keep spending. this is to keep that going.