BINVERSIE: Federal stimulus funds: Who’s counting?
By Kevin Binversie
It is often said that taking federal money comes with strings. But sometimes, you begin to wonder if the government is creating strings just to mess with you.
Nebraska Exclusive: Stimulus Leak? Expensive Roof, One Job
BY JOE JORDAN, Nebraska Watchdog
Why does a multimillion dollar construction project in Nebraska create only one new job? And why does all that money wind up in the pockets of two companies that don’t even call Nebraska home?
Read More →An artful use of stimulus dollars?
By Jay Howell
Idaho Freedom Foundation
More than $470,000 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (aka the stimulus plan) funds have found their way to Idaho arts groups. This money came from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and went either directly to groups like the Boise Contemporary Theater, the Idaho Shakespeare Festival and the Log Cabin [...]
NH House and Senate GOP Call for Independent Bipartisan Stimulus Review
Press Release from New Hampshire House & State Republicans:
Despite Spending Millions In New Hampshire, Stimulus Has Failed to Create the 16,000 Granite State Jobs President Obama Promised
CONCORD – New Hampshire House and Senate Republicans today called on Governor John Lynch to establish an independent, bipartisan panel to review Stimulus spending in the [...]
Read More →Stimulus contract is news to recipient
Evergreen Freedom Foundation
They keep getting it wrong at Recovery.gov, the federal government Web site that tracks stimulus efforts. First it was phantom Congressional districts, then phantom Zip Codes, now it’s phantom stimulus contracts.
And they’re too easy to find since it only took one phone call to dig one up.
According to Recovery.gov, two contracts totaling [...]
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