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Source: Tulsa World, Okla.迷你倉最平Oct. 16--OKLAHOMA CITY -- Gov. Mary Fallin on Tuesday nixed the idea of using state money to replace federal dollars cut off by the budget impasse in Washington, D.C."The state of Oklahoma doesn't have the resources to prop up federal programs with state dollars if the federal government shutdown continues," Fallin said. "It's simple math. The money just isn't there."The most notable examples of states that have stepped in for the federal government are those that have taken over operation of national parks and monuments. In those cases, the states decided assuming the expense would be less costly than leaving the facilities closed.Oklahoma has no national parks, and its most prominent national monument, the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial, receives no federal money.But with the budget impasse beginning its third week and a debt limit crisis looming, even some programs previously thought safe may have to be scaled back or suspended. Fallin said not even the state's $540 million reserve fund could handle the spreading shortfalls."Even if the state tapped emergency resources to fund federal programs, the burn rate would be incredibly swift, to the point that the state would likely exhaust all its own resources with no guarantee of ever being reimbursed," she said. "It would cause more probl迷你倉ms than it would solve, so it's not a responsible or realistic option at this point."One state agency said it has received assurances that more than 300 employees scheduled for furloughs this week will eventually be paid if they continue working -- and if Congress and the Obama administration reach a spending agreement.The Department of Rehabilitative Services said it has been told by the Social Security Administration that the 389 full-time and 39 part-time workers in the Disability Determination Division should continue working on a "deferred payment" status after Thursday."Deferred payment" means the employees will be working on the promise of being paid sometime in the future. Employees do not have the option of refusing; Department of Rehabilitative Services spokeswoman Jody Harlan said they are "expected to work normal hours."The employees are responsible for about 18,000 Social Security disability cases and receive more than 300 new claims a day, Harlan said.More than 100 federally funded positions in the state Military Department are expected to be subject to furlough at the end of the week.------Randy Krehbiel 405-918-581-8365randy.krehbiel@tulsaworld.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) Visit Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) at .tulsaworld.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存