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No Wonder the “Stimulus” Didn’t Create Jobs . . .

Posted by B. Daniel Blatt at 11:47 am - April 20, 2010.
Filed under: 111th Congress,2010 Elections,Big Government Follies

. . . but it may have keep some public employees on state payrolls.   (Guess that’s what Obama meant about “saved.”)

Michael Barone explains:

One-third of the 2009 stimulus money went to state and local governments–an obvious payoff to the public employee unions which gave hundreds of millions of dollars to Democrats and got hundreds of billions of dollars in return, to insulate public employee unions from the effects of the recession which has affected everyone else.

What Obama and Boxer don’t seem to realize is that they—like Corzine and Coakley–are on the wrong end a taxpayer rebellion. For decades, Californians paid high taxes but got good services in return: good schools and roads, an excellent university system. But now, after favor after favor to the unions from their pliant political pawns, we have bloated payrolls, unfireable teachers who are the highest-paid in the nation, state workers who retire at 55 and make more money not working than when they were working.
For more on how public employee unions have broken California, check out Steve Malanga’s City Journal piece.
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6 Comments

  1. The stimulus was two parts, tax cuts and spending.
    Its true the tax incentives did not bring on hiring as was hoped.

    However, the spending stimulus provided jobs and valuable infrastructure improvements. Perhaps if Obama did not cut taxes for 95% of all Americans, and instead used ALL of the money in new spending, we would have more jobs.

    Thankfully, the stimulus stopped the economic free fall we were in and hopefully Jobs will come now that we are stabilizing…

    Comment by gillie — April 20, 2010 @ 9:47 pm - April 20, 2010

  2. However, the spending stimulus provided jobs and valuable infrastructure improvements.

    Such as….

    Perhaps if Obama did not cut taxes for 95% of all Americans,

    Which taxes? If 46% of Americans don’t pay taxes, how can you cut taxes for 95% of Americans?

    and instead used ALL of the money in new spending, we would have more jobs.

    Sweet Jesus! How many trillions more have to be flushed down the crapper before you admit it’s doing nothing? How about infusing more capital into the private sector so they can start hiring people instead of kickbacks to the union bosses?

    Thankfully, the stimulus stopped the economic free fall we were in

    Look out! Il Douche is proclaiming that if we don’t hurry up and created a $50 BILLION slush fund for his Goldman buddies, it will happen again. So much for the $860 odd BILLION liberal slush fund.

    and hopefully Jobs will come now that we are stabilizing…

    Yeah and how long have we been “stabilizing” according to the left? How long’s that gonna take? And with Il Douche’s tools running around telling us that our current high unemployment is the new norm, why should we listen to a sack of wet flour like you?

    Comment by ThatGayConservative — April 20, 2010 @ 10:09 pm - April 20, 2010

  3. However, the spending stimulus provided jobs and valuable infrastructure improvements.

    Like this?

    Here’s a stimulus success story: In Arizona’s 15th congressional district, 30 jobs have been saved or created with just $761,420 in federal stimulus spending. At least that’s what the Web site set up by the Obama administration to track the $787 billion stimulus says.

    Discrepancies on government Web site call into question stimulus spending.There’s one problem, though: There is no 15th congressional district in Arizona; the state has only eight districts.

    And ABC News has found many more entries for projects like this in places that are incorrectly identified.

    You and your black Obama truly are delusional, gillie. You are arguing that jobs were “saved or created” in places that do not exist.

    Do you think the fact that Obama has black skin and hates Jews means he can publicly spew delusions like this and not be called on it?

    Comment by North Dallas Thirty — April 21, 2010 @ 12:18 am - April 21, 2010

  4. My job was “saved or created” last year. Somehow, I wasn’t allowed to collect unemployment after being told by the state of Florida that I could. Ergo, as one who’s not counted amongst the elite unemployed, I’m not particularly interested if their benefits are extended or not.

    Comment by ThatGayConservative — April 21, 2010 @ 1:15 am - April 21, 2010

  5. Still waiting, ghillie.

    Comment by ThatGayConservative — April 22, 2010 @ 2:39 am - April 22, 2010

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