Sallow
The Big Bad Wolf.
Dude, the Obama Stimulus SO didn't work! If it had then they wouldn't have had to go with the whole "jobs saved" scam in the first place...they would have simply reported how many new jobs were created. You embarrass yourself even trying to make that claim.
The "Jobs Saved" scam was one perpetrated by REPUBLICANS.
Instead of using Stimulus money as it was INTENDED to be used, that is, rebuilding and building infrastructure...they used it to keep local taxes un-naturally low. They used it to keep firefighters, teachers and cops on the job.
Jindal famously did this as did most GOP governors.
And the truth is that the people who didn't use the Stimulus money for building and rebuilding infrastructure were the Democrats in charge back then. Or have you gotten amnesia about how those "shovel ready" jobs didn't materialize like Barack and Nancy promised and how they ended up spending much of that money on whatever could be done quickly so they didn't look so incompetent?
You progressives are amusing. You REALLY don't remember what happened back then...do you? Guess they didn't cover that on MSNBC?
You seriously don't understand how this worked..I see.
The stimulus went out as block grants to be used at the State's discretion. Most of the GOP governors went on record saying they wouldn't accept the money..as well. Until they did. Then they used the money to plug up budget holes or in a way that it was never intended to be used.
One example of this was Governor Christie of New Jersey. Some of the stimulus money was provisioned to be used to create a new tunnel from New York to New Jersey. During his first run for Governor Christie said he supported to project. Once he became governor, however, he said a "study" showed that there would be cost overruns that New Jersey would be responsible for and he found that unacceptable. He did keep the money. And the "study" never saw the light of day. Fast forward to the present. The money from that project is now being used to repair the Pulaski Skyway. That really should have come from taxes and issuing bonds. But Christie used the stimulus money for that.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/nyregion/08tunnel.html?_r=0
New Jersey Governor Christie kills big rail tunnel project | Reuters
Lesniak calls for probe into Christie's use of Port Authority funds for road repairs - News - NorthJersey.com
Port Authority's billion-dollar projects could lead to conflict or cooperation for Govs. Christie, Cuomo | NJ.com