$18,000,000 to redesign a website that was lunched less than 5 months ago… that makes sense! ABC News reports: For those concerned about stimulus spending, the General Services Administration sends word tonight that $18 million in additional funds are being spent to redesign the Recovery.gov Web...
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John Gibson
on 07-09-2009
Filed under: stimulus package, spending, government
A Washington Post story today noted that, according to economist Mark Zandi, approximately fourteeen percent of the stimulus money has been spent. That article noted the following: "When the measure [ the stimulus] passed, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicted that about a quarter...
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John Hanlon
on 07-08-2009
Filed under: stimulus package, spending, jobs report
Several weeks ago, conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote an important op-ed entitled “ In Praise of Dullness ” about a study of the qualities often found in successful CEOs. Considering the government’s high-profile role these days in the private sector (the automobile...
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John Hanlon
on 05-30-2009
Filed under: stimulus package, spending, "in praise of dullness", David Brooks
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
Filed under: senate, congress, wasteful spending, economy, budget, treasury, pork, stimulus package, government spending, taxes, stimulus, economic recovery, economic crisis, spending, education, taxpayers