Democratic districts received nearly twice the amount of stimulus funds as GOP districts
This is your government, America. Thugs, bribery, coercion, payoffs… it’s like Mafia Wars on a national scale.
A new analysis of the $157 billion distributed by the American Reinvestment and Recovery act, popularly known as the stimulus bill, shows that the funds were distributed without regard for what states were most in need of jobs.
The Mercatus Center analysis also found that Democratic congressional districts received on average almost double the funding of Republican congressional districts. Republican congressional districts received on average $232 million in stimulus funds while Democratic districts received $439 million on average.
“We found that there is a correlation [relating to the partisanship of congressional districts],” de Rugy said. Her regression analysis found that stimulus funds are expected to decrease by 24.19 percent if a district is represented by a Republican.
“During the appropriations process, you’re not surprised to see the Democrats are getting more money, but in this case a lot of the money we’re looking at is going through HUD [Department of Housing and Urban Development], or Department of Education, Department of Transportation etc. and they’re following a formula,” she said. “But the correlation exists, and not only does it exist — when you look at how much money we’re talking about, it’s a pretty big deal.”
December 20th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Anyone who thought the “stimulus” boondoggle was anything other than a slush fund for the Dem motherfuckers and their pals was (and maybe still is) an idiot to the nth degree.
December 20th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Damn straight!
December 20th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
You missed the millions that went to over 400 districts that do not even exist – this was the bigest hiest in history – they gave themselves one hell of a bonus as they took them away from private industrys that earned -
December 20th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
OH, DAMN! You’re right!!!!!
December 20th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
So much for “equal protection under the law”…
December 20th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Exactly.
December 21st, 2009 at 1:28 am
I am beginning to wonder how big a carbon footprint would come from following the South African custom of necklacing these Congressional yahoos. Tie their arms, hang a tire around their heads, fill it with gasoline and touching a match to it.
How much would I have to pay Owl Gore for each congresscritter?
December 21st, 2009 at 5:13 am
A Columbian necktie would achieve the same result with a carbon footprint of zero.