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
Despite the President's assurances that he does not want to be in the car business and that "we cannot make the survival of our auto industry dependent on an unending flow of taxpayer dollars" , in just a few hours, you, the taxpayers of America, will own General Motors. Tomorrow, GM will...
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Despina Karras
on 05-31-2009
Filed under: economy, capitalism, government spending, automobile, Chrysler, car company, detroit, UAW, auto industry, economic crisis, taxpayers, corruption, bailout, business
It’s A Stimulus Stupid! Part Two! Last week when I left all you wonderful viewers we were talking about the alternative minimum tax increase found in the American Recover and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Now it is our duty to move on and uncover more of the nonsense that was passed off as “stimulating...
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AIP Admin
on 05-12-2009
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Chances are if you are reading this, you are familiar with the American Recover and Reinvestment Act of 2009. It is the shining star of the Barack Obama administration in its first hundred days or so. The Act includes federal tax relief, expansion of unemployment benefits and other social welfare provisions...
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AIP Admin
on 05-05-2009
Filed under: congress, wasteful spending, economy, budget, business concerns, pork, stimulus package, government spending, taxes, Obama, stimulus