Posts Tagged ‘federal stimulus spending’

The Pork Report

Pork Report, December 10, 2009: Muskrat Love Edition

by The Pork Report

Martini bar, puppet shows, and research on the sex drive of rats among the recipients of federal stimulus funding

All aboard the stimulus gravy train! $54 million of stimulus funds for a California “wine train” and $2.2 million for a golf course being threatened with closure

Congressional Republicans trumpeting their efforts to rein in federal spending have tucked thousands of pet projects costing more than $1 billion in the $446.8 billion omnibus appropriations bill expected to be passed this week

$500,000 National Science Foundation grant studies how people use Facebook

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Posted Dec 10th 2009 at 4:29 pm in Pork Report | 25 Comments

Publius

Stimulus Checkup: A Closer Look at 100 Questionable Projects

by Publius

The good folks at Sen. Tom Coburn’s office draw our attention to their latest report on Stimulus spending (published in cooperation with Sen. John McCain’s office). From the introduction:

Over the past ten years, the national debt more than doubled as Congress went on a spending spree—and yet we still find ourselves in the midst of an economic downturn.

Americans who have lost their job, health insurance, or home, are facing mounting personal debts, but are also faced with the question of who will pay off the staggering national debt that has grown by more than $1.4 trillion over the past year.


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Posted Dec 8th 2009 at 10:07 am in Economics, News, Obama, Politics | 36 Comments

Bob Gough

Pollster Says ‘Throw the Bums Out’ Sentiment Brewing for 2010

by Bob Gough

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Two-thirds of registered voters who responded to a recent survey say the federal stimulus packages has not resulted in the improvement of the Western Illinois economy

The poll, commissioned by QuincyNews.org, was conducted by We Ask America on November 22 between 4:30 PM – 6:30.  In all, 15,000 random residential phone numbers of registered voters in the 17th Congressional District were dialed, resulting in 1,278 people taking the poll. The numbers dialed were randomly selected.

The results have a margin of error of ± 2.74 %.

Of those who responded, 66.7 % say the stimulus package hasn’t improved the economy. Just under 22 percent said there had been an improvement while 11.5 percent were not sure.

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Posted Nov 30th 2009 at 11:29 am in Congress, Politics, State Politics | 62 Comments