We're not sure if this is a street paving project or a graph of the deficit
IHateTheMedia.com’s next door neighbor is a liberal who owns an engineering and construction company that specializes in building bridges. We asked him if all that stimulus money had impacted his business.
He laughed.
“They talk about rebuilding the infrastructure but, in reality, all the stimulus money is going to street paving projects because they can be done quickly,” he said. “They’re even repaving streets and highways that don’t need to be repaved just to make it look like they’re doing something.”
That seems to be confirmed by this story from New Hanpshire’s Nashua Telegraph:
Acting State Stimulus Office Director Orville “Bud” Fitch presented an inch-thick, initial progress report on $336 million in discretionary, federal stimulus money that thus far has flowed into the state.
The report also revealed that through the end of June that stimulus money created or saved 796 jobs, with 700 of those state workers who did not have to get laid off thanks to the federal grants, Fitch said.
Federal highway money accounted for 75 jobs and weatherization programs kept or added 16 to the payroll, he added.
Road or building project locale, rather than median income or economic woes, played a big part in communities that received an Obama administration windfall.
For example, Windham is only the 21st largest community in the state with more than 11,500 residents, but it received the second greatest grant total, $27.6 million.
That’s because more than 95 percent of the money going to the town – $27.3 million – is to pay for widening that stretch of Interstate 93 that goes through the town.
Likewise, Concord got $7.6 million to resurface from Exits 14 through 17 on I-93 and claimed as its own many statewide initiatives such as the near-$700,000 grant to create a State Police cold case unit .
Nashua received $6.3 million in transportation money, much of it to reconstruct the aircraft-parking apron at Boire Field and make other airport improvements.
So 700 government jobs were “saved” while private enterprise is laying off people left and right. And the 96 private enterprise jobs that were “created” primarily went to union members to do potentially dubious paving jobs.
Our neighbor also pointed out that all the jobs “created” in California go to unionized companies. Common laborers earn $25 per hour PLUS $10 in benefits.
Are you feeling stimulated yet?
Source: NashuaTelegraph.com
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Anyone who has to meet a payroll and voted for Obama is an idiot
Correction… Anyone who
has to meet a payroll andvoted for Obama is an idiot.There. That’s MUCH better.
And the 96 private enterprise jobs that were “created” primarily went to union members to do potentially dubious paving jobs.
Oh, I was going to ask if the other 96 jobs were for hookers. But I guess not. Sort of.
Sounds like FDR’s ‘dig holes, then fill them in’ plan.