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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (628280)9/16/2011 2:38:26 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578804
 
>> . Stimulus money is handed out based on politics, not merit.

Agree, but this is looking like a corrupt process as much as a matter of straight politics. It doesn't help their case that the Bush Admin had already shut down the loan idea.

Of course, 500M to save 1100 jobs isn't bad --- that's only 450k/job.



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (628280)9/17/2011 6:36:10 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1578804
 
>Stimulus money is handed out based on politics, not merit

That's a pretty serious statement to make. Can you back that up?

-Z


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