By Bill McMorris,Franklin Center for Public Integrity
The Stimulus is so great it is saving jobs for people who don’t even exist
Just how big is the stimulus package? Well for one,it has doubled the size of the House of Representatives,according to recovery.gov,which says that funds were distributed to 440 congressional districts that do not exist.
According to data retrieved from recovery.gov,nearly $6.4 billion was used to “create or save” just under 30,000 jobs in these phantom congressional districts–almost $225,000 per job. The web site operates on an $84 million budget and is tasked with monitoring the distribution of the $787 billion stimulus package passed by Congress–which,for the record,counts 435 members–in early 2009.
The site’s monitors,however,are not too savvy about America’s political or geographic landscape. More than $2 million was given to the 99th District of North Dakota,a state which has only one congressional district. In order to qualify for 99 districts,North Dakota would have to have a population of about 60 million people,almost 24 million more people than California.
The stimulus revived 8 recently retired congressional districts. Pennsylvania’s 21st District has received just under $2 million in funds. Mississippi’s 5th District and Oklahoma’s 6th received $1 million from the legislation,respectively. All three were eliminated by the 2000 census.
Included in the jobs saved are Gidney &Cloid –the moonmen from the Rocky and Bullwinkle show. So much for the stimulus.
I want to know where this money is being filtered to?
The Federal Reserve has to be audited to find out. THE CROOKS!
I thought we had JOE ( because nobody messes with Joe) on the job to watch over these funds. This entire administration is a joke.
wouldnt that be a Joeke?
you got that right Richard!!
obama knows what he is doing he and brenanke is trying ther best for the dollar to fail so obama can control everything he will declare marshall law then and take everyones guns
A Sheriff told my son that they are just waiting for health care bill to pass and they are going to declare marshall law wake up democrats this will effect you just like us
That's true Sadie. "OOO"is working furiously to kill the dollar and our economy.
impeach him now. don't wait another day,let's do whatever is required to remove him from office by whatever means required.
Here's the link folks to IMPEACH this fraud in the oval office.
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/
A pork laden stimulous bill by a black Phony JERK!!