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Officials anticipate another substantial request for more than 80 Sikorsky Black Hawk-variant helicopters today when President Bush gives Congress his proposed budget for fiscal year 2007. The budget is also expected to omit funding for an alternative engine for the next-generation Joint Strike Fighter. The plane is currently powered exclusively by Pratt & Whitney, which builds engines in Middletown and conducts maintenance in Cheshire.
The full $439.3 billion request would constitute a 5 percent increase in defense spending over the current fiscal year.
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As the author reviews the Massachusetts' three-year experiment with health insurance reform, it seems right to appropriate some of that local color to add a bit of authenticity. The title of the 2006 legislation was, "An Act Providing Access to Affordable, Quality, Accountable Health Care." Governor Mitt Ronmey's goal was to reduce the number of uninsured residents. At least one of those objectives has been significantly undermined over the past three years. Access to providers, which was difficult in the state prior to the legislation, has deteriorated significantly. A recent study by Merritt Hawkins and Associates revealed that the average waiting time to get a doctor's appointment had increased nationwide. A second strike at the heart of the Massachusetts reform initiative is that th...
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The Pentagon has released $430 million for construction of Army and Navy H-60 Black Hawk-variant helicopters and hardware at Stratford's Sikorsky Aircraft, exercising an option for an added five aircraft in 2007, officials said Friday. The funding sets timelines for manufacture and deliveries, covering the last portion of a five-year procurement contract.
For this fiscal year, the funding covers 20 Army UH-60M Black Hawks, already authorized and paid for in current defense authorization and appropriations law.
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Since the start of the recession in December 2007, the US unemployment rate has risen more than four percentage points. Similar sharp increases in unemployment have occurred in other severe recessions, such as those in 1973-1975 and 1981-1982. In the aftermath of those severe recessions, the economy rapidly recovered and unemployment quickly declined. One reason why unemployment may not fall as quickly this time is that the labor market has changed substantively since the early 1980s. A second reason unemployment may not fall quickly this time is that the recession has been coupled with a systemic banking crisis. The authors examine these factors and quantify their potential implications for the future US unemployment rate. Their analysis suggests that recent trends in labor markets, co...
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