Your stimulus bill at work. (.pdf link)
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:09 am
2. “Dance Draw” - Interactive Dance Software Development (Charlotte, NC) - $762,372
3. North Shore Connector to Professional Sports Stadiums, Casino (Pittsburgh, PA) - $62,000,000
4. FEMA Stalls Two Texas Fire Stations More Than a Year, Increases Costs (San Antonio, TX) - $7,300,000
5. Abandoned Train Station Converted Into Museum (Glassboro, NJ) - $1,200,000
6. Ants Talk. Taxpayers Listen (San Francisco, CA) - $1,900,000
7. Stimulus Project Threatens Pastor’s House (Newark, OH) - $1,800,000
8. Old Abandoned Iron Furnace Gets Facelift after Money Squandered on Same Project Years Before (Fitchburg, KY) – $357,710
9. Power Plant Construction Won’t Start for at Least Two Years (Kern County, CA) - $308,000,000
10. Town Replaces New Sidewalks With Newer Sidewalks That Lead to Ditch (Boynton, OK) - $89,298
A total of $383,964,143.
When Congress passed the $862 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009, otherwise known
as the stimulus bill, it passed with assurances that it would stem the loss of American jobs and keep the
economy from floundering. As most can see, it hasn’t.
Eighteen months since the law’s passage, millions of jobs are still gone and the economy is as uncertain as
ever. The only thing getting a boost is our national debt – the stimulus has helped push it 23 percent
higher, to $13.2 trillion, a new record.
The dramatic increase in government spending has not shortened the nation’s unemployment lines.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in June 2010 was 9.5 percent, which
is essentially the same as June of last year. Many economists are forecasting that the debt incurred to pay
for these projects increases the risk of a greater economic downturn in the near future.
A-fucking-MEN. When will Donks get it? The "stimulus" package was nothing but a compilation of every politician's wet dream pork barrel project lumped together and called "stimulus". If it smells like a pig, eats like a pig, snorts like a pig....it's probably pork.There is no question job creation should be a national priority, but torrential, misdirected government
spending is not the way to do it. Generating record-breaking national debt is not an investment in our
children’s and grandchildren’s future and will not lead to any long-term recovery.Sincerely,
Tom Coburn, M.D.
U.S. Senator from Oklahoma
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
