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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (32979)	7/5/2010 4:42:53 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

Stimulus money created or saved 796 jobs in New Hampshire. 700 of them were government jobs. Talking with a 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 Hampshire's Nashua Telegraph: 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 May 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. 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 research also showed 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?