"And when I'm president, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely." - Obama Sept. 26, 2008 presidential debate
Senators McCain and Coburn released a report last week detailing more than $340 million uncovered so far of the type of excesses and wasteful taxpayer spending that riddles the Obama administration’s previously passed 800 billion dollar Stimulus bill and which as yet failed to fulfill the promise of jobs creation.
But just to illustrate how efficiently and effectively the money has been spent for its stated purpose - sans any meaningful jobs growth in return – now we learn that for just a measly $2 million of tax money we’re absolutely guaranteed to reap the enduring economic benefit of international ant research – ant as in those with 6 legs.
The original Stimulus bill still has more than 400 billion dollars, authorized but unspent, and yet, to promote Obama’s spending agenda Nancy Pelosi is calling back the House from summer recess to rush through a vote for another stimulus spending round relabeled and touted as a “jobs bill” for teachers, and other public workers – this time for another unfunded 26 billion dollars more.
Critics charge the political theater, manipulation and the measure itself are designed for political purposes by Democrats to help defuse voter anger and resentment against vulnerable sitting members of Congress from the same party before the November mid term elections by flooding public employee service unions with cash to buy votes.
The measure has only been able to advance with the support of 2 Republican Senators from Maine, Collins and Snowe - who were bought off only after the administration and Democratic leadership promised not to cut Navy shipbuilding in their state.
Aw shucks, do you think Pelosi, Obama and the DNC could possibly be that transparently shallow with taxpayer money?
Yeah, well it is politics Chicago style, isn’t it?
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