Stupidity Of Getting Federal Financing

From Firehouse: Atlantic City added 13 firefighters to its ranks Friday as part of a federal grant that runs out in about five months.
The city was awarded the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response, or SAFER, grant in February 2011. The grant allowed the Fire Department to bring back 28 laid-off firefighters and hire an additional 20 that November. Several promotions also were paid for with the $9.7 million grant.
"We are aggressively going after a SAFER retention grant," Deputy Chief Vincent Granese said Friday, as the 13 new recruits went through an informal welcome and orientation before starting training Monday. "We pick up another two years if we get that."
If the city does not get the retention grant, the new firefighhters could be out of a job in May. http://www.firehouse.com/news/10848913/nj-city-adds-13-firefighters-with-expiring-funds
And if the city doesn't get the grant, the city will be under pressure from the fire union to keep the firefighters, using the same old excuse, if you cut firefighters, people will die.
And then the local taxpayers will be on the hook for the firefighter salaries.
This is what Obama and federal government do with teachers, police officers and other government workers along with ObamaCare.  The Feds pay for the first two years or so and then the locals have to pay afterwards.