Tag Archive 'Stimulus'

CBO consults with Bookworm Room, revises forecasts!

Oh dear, it appears the CBO has turned a tad pessimistic about its earlier prognostications on the economy, stimulus and ObamaCare, heralded as dogma and chiseled in stone tablets on the alters of the Left’s Temple of Orthodoxy.   Drinks all around for the Bookworm Room denizens that correctly anticipated the outcomes cited herein. It [...]

In SF Bay Area, stimulous creates 7 jobs at a cost of $16,142,857 per job — sort of

The Chronicle was always first in line for the Obama slobber fest, but the bloom is apparently wearing off of that well-drooled upon rose too.  Today, the Chron has a front page story vigorously attack the myriad accounting errors on the administration’s boastful website about its economic chops: Nine months after President Obama promised that [...]

Almost $3,000,000 in stimulus money goes to one of the richest towns in America *UPDATED*

The Marin IJ reports that almost $3,000,000 in stimulus money Americans will help the public school district in Ross, California: Ross School has won the federal stimulus fund lottery. School officials learned Friday they would receive a $2.85 million school construction bond tax credit as part of the federal stimulus bill – a credit Superintendent [...]

Top 10 reasons to oppose the stimulus

You know that I almost never print other posts in their entirety here, because I think the author of a good post deserves the linky-love of people clicking over to check things out.  I’m breaking my rule here by reprinting in its entirety Matt Kibbe’s list of Top 10 Reasons to Oppose the Stimulus, which [...]

Oh, to write like Mark Steyn

After noting Pelosi’s assurance that millions for STD treatment will help stimulate the economy (or, I might add, at least stimulate some libidos), Mark Steyn has this to say: The more interviews Speaker Pelosi gives explaining how vital the STD industry is to restarting the U.S. economy, the more I find myself hearing “syphilis” every [...]

Fun facts about the stimulus plan

From Minority Leader John Boehner, a little information about the House Democrats’ $825 billion “stimulus” bill. A Dozen Fun Facts About the House Democrats’ Massive Spending Bill 1. The House Democrats’ bill will cost each and every household $6,700 additional debt, paid for by our children and grandchildren. 2. The total cost of this one [...]