Senate grills DICT over eGov outage, finds funding and capacity issues

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/technology/senate-protect-hearing-egov-outage-national-id/

Hey nurses! Did you vote for Trump?

Well, congratulations! You're no longer classified as having a 'professional' degree... meaning you're no longer eligible for various types of GOVERNMENT AID.

You did this.

https://www.newsweek.com/pro-trump-nurse-shocked-he-removed-career-from-professional-degree-list-11102197#Echobox=1764027129
#nurses #governmentaid #trump

Chính phủ quyết định hỗ trợ thêm 400 tỷ đồng cho 4 tỉnh miền Bắc để khắc phục hậu quả mưa bão, lũ lụt.

Nguồn kinh phí được lấy từ dự phòng ngân sách Trung ương nhằm hỗ trợ khẩn cấp cho các địa phương sau trận lũ lụt lịch sử.

#ViệtNam #MiềnBắc #LũLụt #HỗTrợ #MưaBão #KhắcPhụcThiênTai #ChínhPhủ
#Vietnam #NorthernVietnam #Flood #DisasterRelief #Storm #GovernmentAid

https://vtcnews.vn/tiep-tuc-ho-tro-400-ty-dong-cho-4-tinh-mien-bac-khac-phuc-hau-qua-mua-bao-ar970799.html

Thủ tướng Chính phủ đã quyết định hỗ trợ khẩn cấp 140 tỷ đồng cho 4 tỉnh gồm Thái Nguyên, Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn, và Bắc Ninh.

Khoản hỗ trợ này nhằm mục đích cứu trợ, giúp đỡ người dân và bước đầu khắc phục hậu quả nặng nề do mưa lũ gây ra.

#HỗTrợLũLụt #MưaLũ #ThủTướng #TháiNguyên #CaoBằng #LạngSơn #BắcNinh #ViệtNam
#FloodRelief #Vietnam #GovernmentAid #Flooding

https://vtcnews.vn/thu-tuong-ho-tro-khan-cap-140-ty-dong-cho-4-tinh-khac-phuc-hau-qua-mua-lu-ar969954.html

Americans Are More Reliant Than Ever on Government Aid

An aging population and economic distress raise dependence on federal and state support. Here’s why that matters for the 2024 election.

Why it matters: The explosion of people getting 25% or more of their income from government aid — and Republican reliance on their votes — vividly explains the rise of former President Trump and the remaking of the Republican Party.

#voteblue #election #socialservices #welfare #SocialSecurity #Medicare #GOP #republicans #democrats #governmentaid #trump #kamalaharris #giftlink

https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/americans-government-aid-social-security-medicare-unemployment-34e92b19?st=2Q85oB&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

https://www.axios.com/2024/10/11/trump-welfare-government-aid-social-security

Oh Acapulco, we lament your plight
No government aid in sight
Your residents brave and strong
Cleaning out stores all along
Fighting the odds and getting it done right

#acapulco #governmentaid #resilience #ode #poetry

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/acapulco-residents-fending-absence-aid-104444993

"It’s part of an audacious new philosophy of government aid, an experiment of sorts that seeks to find out whether infusions of no-strings-attached cash can begin to break the cycle of poverty."

Elly Fishman reports on a pilot program that gave 5,000 Chicago residents $500 a month for one year: https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/october-2023/what-500-means-to-zinida-moore/

#Chicago #Poverty #GovernmentAid #LocalJournalism #Longreads

Biden bets on aid
To make U.S. companies great
Will it succeed? We'll see

#biden #governmentaid #ussemicon #economics #haiku #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/28/business/economy/biden-chips-semiconductor-subsidies-aid.html