Immediate (In)action required

As you may have already heard, "immediate action is required." It seems more like innaction is what is actually being asked, though.
Due to the recent economic downturn on both the state and national level, the U of A has executed a hiring freeze, which seems strangly logical, considering that the U of A can't pay the people it has already hired. Also, if you're going to spend over $50,000.00 in state funds, you now have to get it approved first.
Wow. You could spend fifty thousand dollars before without approval?
So if any one out there was planning on spending $50,000 on hiring an awesome new professor, I guess you're out of luck. For the rest of us, try not to top $50,000 the next time you're out shopping for supplies.