Stimulus package...real results near you?

http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/home.aspx?q=content/investments-state

I went online to find the nearest jobs created and found two jobs created from $27,000.00 given to the Inver Hills Community College which I got an AA from in 1980.

They referred to the positions as "work study" a term I stat recognized since I had a "work study" job on campus working in the Veterans Affairs office. It was federal minimum wage part time position which I think was renewed quarterly.

It's possible there are two positions created to oversee the "work study" program but I suspect the 27K probably gave about 5000 hours of part time work to students needing a job and they simply are taking credit for two positions...so not entirely true but whatever, maybe it gave some vets and others going to school some extra coin in the pocket.

Having worked two years in the Veterans office on campus actually added to my resume and helped me land a job with the State of MN Dept of Veterans Affairs which led to me becoming a State of MN Veterans Representative (of all the jobs I have had the most honorable...you can't do enough for the United States Veteran)

But...getting back to the stimulas I don't have a big issue with them claiming it created two positions although, like I say they probably are part time temporary.

The second stimulas project is a freeway I travel to work on every night. They installed some cable fencing between the two freeways to apparently stop somebody from shooting over into the other lanes of traffic. That was a big project employing a lot of guys a couple of months. I also think it was a waste of money.

To my knowledge no one had ever shot across the lanes into oncoming traffic the 30 years I've been traveling it. Lots of people have gone into the ditch this winter and destroyed sections of the new fencing and I suspect the State has been soaking them big money to repair what they damaged. I see a 10 man crew out there every week now repairing the fence from dopes who can't drive on ice and snow.

Anyway...what projects have you guys/gals seen?

 

I looked into the State of Arizona, and had a good laugh....well, maybe not a laugh!
I did note that there were funds sent to District 15, which is beyond anyone in the entire state...as we only have 12 districts!
I saw alot of PHONY and maybe some "graft/Entitlements" paid to people that were odd....."John Blood" for instance! Another, a "chip seal company" that is as corrupt as...well you get the idea!

 

Holy smokes. There's gold in them thare pages. Wonder how much $ is left.

 

Apparently a lot of money left

LMAO

A sumersible aircraft for DARPA
http://www07.grants.gov/search/sear...pRLSJbZhdpw!-1179711943?oppId=42978&mode=VIEW

 

A LOT of useless pork, little that translates to 'helping the people'.....

So, same old BS.......

 

It looks more in the line of help for entrepenuers who will then need avg joe to work, so he hires etc. etc.

got to learn to write grants

 

Maybe I mean more of having the time and patience to deal with gov beauracracy.

 

looks like the city got $606,000, 0 jobs created.
What I saw was some paving, they ripped out all the crosswalk aprons and installed new ones with yellow rubber pad inserts.

 

Some county road construction still going on, but the commercial building boom pretty much has ended. Banks are finally beginning to lend to homebuyers again, but otherwise I see no real help getting to The People.
Our State Government is talking more cuts this next fiscal year in July - we are already cut to the bone. We are at skeleton level on our IT teams, and having to provide our own office supplies. I am Property Custodian for my Division and have an important printer that I cannot get serviced - NO funds for it! If the second one goes, we will have major trouble getting clean copies of paperwork to our customers - that would be very bad......
If DOE has to cut services to students, their parents will be very displeased.......



I also see a LOT of small businesses going under. Motorcycle dealers are running at near disaster level. Folks aren't buying 'luxuries'.
Several gas stations have their pumps bagged - NO gas. Some are trying to survive on store sales - but without gas to lure the 'convenience buyers' in, their sales are falling.

bobo's ideas aren't working at the personal level. The ONLY thing stimulated is Big Federal Government. I'm sure Madame Speaker Pelosi gets a tingle in her leg.......

 

Not one real result.

 

I watched Anderson cooper 360 tonite, the Napa wine train made 11th on Mcains wasteful spending list. of course CNN defended it and tried to make the accusation seem stupid. 53 million creating 200 jobs for 3 yrs....

 

Not one new manufactoring plant or steel mill or job has been created. In order to have jobs they could of used our money to do that.