Kansas Congressman (and would-be senator) Jerry Moran agrees with you, America. The stimulus was a big, giant waste of money.
A new CNN poll finds that 63 percent of 1,021 adults think most of the stimulus money went to projects chosen for political reasons. On his Twitter feed, Moran says he agrees with the 74 percent of those polled who said half or more of the stimulus had been wasted. "Glad I voted against it and every bailout," he wrote.
It's easy to make fun of the stimulus in the abstract. The package did not distribute federal money in a dramatic way, such as an airlift or a money booth. But it spends, all right. In fact, Moran's district, the "Big First," has been awarded more than $336 million, according to Recovery.gov, the stimulus tracker.
If Moran were to check around in his home town, Great Bend, he might learn of the following projects and service providers in Barton County benefiting from Washington's fritter-tastic ways:
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Stimulus dollars are just another way to say big government. As for Congressman Moran, who can argue with companies in your district getting funding? Everyone else is blowing stimulus money left and right, so why should he be upset if his district gets some of the money? Even though he didn't vote for the stimulus plans, he should hope his district gets every last dollar it can because if not, someone else's will.
That being said, the addition by Shawn is just another example of mis-use of funding. I've seen how companies such as Rural Telephone (the supposed non-profit side of Nex-Tech -- cough, cough) throw money away. I would love to see Nex-Tech/RuralTel investigated for misappropriation of funds because of their "supposed" division between non-profit and for-profit.
You might be better off not using the figures off of recovery.org, since there math is just a lil off. Or for that matter, quoting CNN!
Another $101 million headed out to Moran country.
http://www.nex-tech.com/Docume...
Shouldn't The Pitch have a "republicans are Idiots" tag for stories like this? You could also add that tag to DH's post.
Jerry Moran, like every Republican who didn't vote for the stimulus, will claim responsibility for all the good things coming our way while at the same time denying support for the stimulus. Voters need to be smarter than that and realize the games they play. Sorry, Jerry, but you don't get a thumbs up from me for not supporting the stimulus.
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