Thursday, July 09, 2009

Some Shovel Ready Projects Are More Equal Than Others

It must be nice to be so well thought of:
Billions of dollars in federal aid delivered directly to the local level to help revive the economy have gone overwhelmingly to places that supported President Obama in last year's presidential election.
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Counties that supported Obama last year have reaped twice as much money per person from the administration's $787 billion economic stimulus package as those that voted for his Republican rival, Sen. John McCain, a USA TODAY analysis of government disclosure and accounting records shows. That money includes aid to repair military bases, improve public housing and help students pay for college.
And what does Team Obama have to say about this?
"There's no politics at work when it comes to spending for the recovery," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says.
And if you believe that, I've got a stimulus package I'd like to try and sell you. Oh, wait...

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