Last week it was revealed tha t $120,000 in federal stimulus money, originally intended to help clean up Ononadaga Lake in Central New York and rebuild local infrastructure, would actually be used to pay for the printing of a pamphlet about the lake cleanup -- and the pamphlet wasn't going to be...
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Matt Margolis
on 06-03-2009
Filed under: wasteful spending, economy, government spending, economic recovery, transparency
The Obama Administration had announced before unveiling the stimulus package that it would have to be "targeted, timely, and temporary." Last week I wrote about the Heritage Foundation's analysis of the stimulus money failing in these items, this week the USA Today confirms this view. Today...
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Alexa Shrugged
on 06-01-2009
Filed under: stimulus package, stimulus, michigan, economic recovery, job losses, economic crisis, unemployment, Heritage Foundation
Remember when the Obama Administration said while pushing for the stimulus bill to be passed that it would be timely and targeted? The Heritage Foundation has been tracking the claims and has found that the bill is neither. As this chart provided by Heritage shows, the spending of the billions in the...
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Alexa Shrugged
on 05-25-2009
Filed under: capitalism, stimulus package, government spending, stimulus, economic recovery, economic crisis, Heritage Foundation
Climate change solver or economy killer - these are the two sides to the debate on a cap-and-trade system. While it might be easy for many to get on board with reducing emissions, swallowing the costs of doing so is a different story. While the latest version of the bill eliminates permit auctions and...
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Despina Karras
on 05-24-2009
Filed under: cap and trade, budget, free market, economic recovery, tax issues