THE IMPACT FOR MARYLAND -REINVESTMENT PLAN

AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT PLAN:
THE IMPACT FOR MARYLAND
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan is a nationwide effort to create jobs, jumpstart growth and transform our economy for the 21st century. Across the country, this plan will help businesses create jobs and families afford their bills while laying a foundation for future economic growth in key areas like health care, clean energy, education and a 21st century infrastructure. In Maryland, this plan will deliver immediate, tangible impacts, including:
Creating or saving 70,000 jobs over the next two years. Jobs created will be in a range of industries from clean energy to health care, with over 90% in the private sector. [Source: White House Estimate based on Romer and Bernstein, "The Job Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan." January 9, 2009.]
Providing a making work pay tax cut of up to $1,000 for 2,210,000 workers and their families. The plan will make a down payment on the President’s Making Work Pay tax cut for 95% of workers and their families, designed to pay out immediately into workers’ paychecks. [Source: White House Estimate based on IRS Statistics of Income]
Making 53,000 families eligible for a new American Opportunity Tax Credit to make college affordable. By creating a new $2,500 partially refundable tax credit for four years of college, this plan will give 3.8 million families nationwide – and 53,000 families in Maryland – new assistance to put college within their reach. [Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analysis of U.S. Census data]
Offering an additional $100 per month in unemployment insurance benefits to 242,000 workers in Maryland who have lost their jobs in this recession, and providing extended unemployment benefits to an additional 40,000 laid-off workers. [Source: National Employment Law Project]
Providing funding sufficient to modernize at least 138 schools in Maryland so our children have the labs, classrooms and libraries they need to compete in the 21st century economy. [Source: White House Estimate]
In addition to this immediate assistance for Maryland, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan will help transform our economy by:
Doubling renewable energy generating capacity over three years, creating enough renewable energy to power 6 million American homes.
Computerizing every American’s health record in five years, reducing medical errors and saving billions of dollars in health care costs.
Launching the most ambitious school modernization program on record, sufficient to upgrade 10,000 schools.
Enacting the largest investment increase in our nation’s roads, bridges and mass transit systems since the creation of the national highway system in the 1950s.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/White_House_Releases_Additional_State1.pdf

Who Do You Call?

Desirée Rogers, a longtime friend of the Obamas and the incoming White House social secretary . http://tinyurl.com/b2dhoyNow that one email address I sure would like to have! Also make sure too keep her advised of all the events in The Power Magazine http://tinyurl.com/aqbhh3that might help her stay abreast of happening in MD & DC!

Presidents Roundtable Breakfast -DREAM BIG!

Had a great time at the Presidents Roundtable Breakfast http://www.presidentsroundtable.net/index.html on this past Friday-1-23-09 @ Reginald F. Lewis Museum! http://www.africanamericanculture.org/ There was a great turn-out of entrepreneurs and leaders from the community and the information shared was very insightful and helpful. All of the presenters were excellent and we all left inspired by the recent historic accomplishment of President Obama to know that there are no more glass ceilings. Sooooooooooo we need to DREAM BIG! Here are a few snippets. Enjoy!

LaRian Finney -VMG - Opening Remarks

LaRian Finney and Visionary Marketing Group has been a top tier marketing, branding, and event planner for the past 13 years, http://www.vmginc.net/

Stanley Tucker - Opening Remarks

Stanley W. Tucker is the President and Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Meridian Management Group, Inc

http://www.mmggroup.com/

Congressman Elijah Cummings - Keynote Speaker

http://www.house.gov/cummings/

Congressman Elijah Cummings,cont

http://www.house.gov/cummings/

Congressman Elijah Cummings

http://www.house.gov/cummings/

Doni Glover - BMORENEWS -Moderator

http://www.bmorenews.com/index.shtml

Joseph Haskins, Harbor Bank

http://www.theharborbank.com/

Joseph Haskins, Harbor Bank

Arnold Williams

Abrams,Foster, Nole & Williams, P.A

http://www.afnw.com/

Arnold Williams -AFN&W-cont

Arnold Williams -AFN&W-concludes

Stanley Tucker - Closing Remarks

LaRian Finney -VMG - Closing Remarks

Councilwoman Helen Holton

http://helenholton.org/about.html

shares some of her views at the close of the

Presidents Roundtable w/ "The Power Magazine"

http://www.thepowermag.com/

2009 ITS TIME!

to find out if Obama will be the change we need need as nation and in the world?
to see if there a cultural sift for african americans?
to find Christians who are spiritual?
if w/ tanks and planes US can defeat Iraq, Afghanistan?
if w/ tanks and planes Israel can defeat the will of Gaza people?
to know when will sm. business ever get a bailout?
who wants to add to my list?
I will take on all takers!
WE MUST NOT LET ANYONE SET OUR AGENDA OR THINK FOR US IN 2009!
WAKE UP AMERICA WE HAVE BEEN SLEEP FOR TOO LONG!

YEAH! new site skin

i am feeling invirograted by my "new" layout.
i hope this is the catalyst needed to start blogging again?
there is alot of interesting things happening in world right now, so i guess its time that the POWERSPEAKS again!!!
new post later today!