Economy is on the brink of melt down, yet Washiongton and its bi-partisan elected leaders can not seem to agree on any issues.
I would like to do a poll to monitor where we Ingo members stand on the ever conflicting measures of Austerity and Stimulus.
Does the economy need more Austerity or...
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke left the door open to a fresh shot of monetary stimulus should the economic rebound he’s predicting fail to materialize.
The Fed would be “prepared to take additional action, obviously, if conditions warranted,” including the purchase of more Treasury...
The economists told them. The CBO even said it was going to be bad. But, did they listen? Nope. Now a million jobs are gone, many never to return. Keynesian economics doesn't work. Of course most politicians are ignoramuses, as we can see in this instance, (and many, many others).
Stimulus...
$434,000 of your tax dollars have been used to create this video game to supposedly promote sexual abstinence... and teach "social skills." In order to use the final product, students have to wear a full-body motion-capture suit. :rolleyes:
Florida University Develops Teen Abstinence Game...
Economists: The stimulus didn't help
By Hibah Yousuf, staff reporterApril 26, 2010: 3:56 AM ET
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The recovery is picking up steam as employers boost payrolls, but economists think the government's stimulus package and jobs bill had little to do with the rebound...
White House Caught Altering Stimulus Baseline Projection by 7 Million Jobs
by Capitol Confidential The number of jobs in the U.S. is currently 129.7 million. So to justify the Administration’s current claim of 2.8 million jobs “created or saved” by stimulus, they need to also claim that...
About par for the course....
THE STIMULUS AT WORK
Some have said that the stimulus hasn't saved any jobs, but here is a case where at least one job was saved. Oregon State University Athletic Director Bob DeCarolis was considering...
Remember when we got a very small stimulus raise by the govt. not taking so much out of our paychecks ?
It didn't amount to much of anything , until now.
I went and had our taxes done today , and we usually get a small refund , this year it is exactly the opposite , we actually owed , basically...
White House Changes Stimulus Jobs Count
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica - January 11, 2010 9:13 am EST
Work stations are packed at the New York State Labor Department on Jan. 8, 2010, in Brooklyn, N.Y. U.S. employers shed around 85,000 jobs in December even as the unemployment rate held at...
I got this link from a news letter I get sent to me from a very good source on FOX News @ 5
Phantom zip codes also found in Virginia | Washington Examiner
Top 10 Most Ridiculous Uses of Stimulus Funds
Morgen on December 28, 2009
“Putting Americans to work doing the work that America needs done“…
10. A $427,824 research grant to design better video games for senior citizens based on their unique “game-play needs”.
9. Funding of a Dartmouth...
The Obama administrations stimulus is creating jobs in places that don't exist. Imagine my surprise. These people have no idea where that money (which belongs to our children) is going. It's an abysmal failure.
From Reason
We are so screwed.
Stimulus Watch: Salary raise counted as saved job | www.azstarnet.com ®
So how did 508 employees turn into 935 jobs "saved"? Simple:
Your tax dollars at work.
:rolleyes:
So, will Rahm have to do a "hit" on CBS like he's trying to do on FOX and Limbaugh?
CBS Says White House Is Fudging Stimulus Jobs Numbers
By Noel Sheppard (Bio | Archive)
October 30, 2009 - 11:53 ET...
I am surprised AP is even printing this story and even more amazed that MSNBC is carrying it.
MSNBC.com
30,000 stimulus jobs figure is way off the mark
Government overstated figures by thousands, review of documents shows
The Associated Press
updated 12:13 a.m. ET, Thurs., Oct . 29, 2009...
Thanks Clif45 for the link.
If private utility companies offer this on their own, that is one thing.
When the Federal Government steps in - delivering taxpayer money or to administer energy oversight - I am against it.
It is not surprising to me that the push for this "smart meter"...
OK, just heard a news blurb on the radio about the
obama administration now focusing on giving loans
to small businesses in the U.S. as a new "phase" of
the stimulus recovery...............
Does anyone else think any small business that took ANYTHING offered by
this current .gov is a...
Well, not for you and I, Just for a group of likely voters. Aaand it's not really stimulus as much as it is vote buying. All from the Dear Leader.
From The NYT
More at the source.
This is sickening. There was no COLA adjustment for SS because inflation did not occur.
Yup, it was very popular. It gave a lot of people a pile of money for some really crappy cars. But to what end?
From the leading newspaper of economic and business review, I submit this analysis from the Wall Street Journal:
Clunkers in Practice
One of Washington's all-time dumb ideas...