Public Uncertain How to Improve Job Situation
June 21, 2010

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"The survey finds continued public skepticism about the impact of last year's economic stimulus legislation, as well as the government's loans to troubled banks and financial institutions. Six-in-ten (60%) say the stimulus has not helped the job situation while just a third (33%) say that it has helped."

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1636/poll-job-situation-stimulus-oil-leak-obama-response-kagan-nomination

Cue Krugmaniacs: What we really need is more stimulus!

7/10/2010 3:04:32 AM

Clearly the average american is the end all resource for economic knowledge right?

7/10/2010 9:47:50 AM

Nah dude. Congress knows a lot about economics though, which is why we have nothing to worry about.

7/10/2010 11:43:04 AM

David Axelrod: Congress Has No Appetite for Stimulus
July 11, 2010

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"'It's true there's not a great desire, even though there's some argument for additional spending in the short term to continue to generate economic activity,' Axelrod told anchor Jake Tapper."

http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/congress-shuns-stimulus/story?id=11137495

Looks like Krugman et al are wrong again.

7/12/2010 2:16:08 AM

I have an issue with the stimulus...

I've recently travelled a great deal through several states and in and around N. Carolina...and there is way, way, way too much road work going on...

(Please fix our bridges and damns before repaving the roads outside of McMansion neighborhoods...)

7/12/2010 2:29:20 AM

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" BRIDGES AND DAMNS "

7/12/2010 8:55:21 AM

^^ I'm sure the government would like to hear which bridges and damns (sic) you feel need to be fixed. All the bridges and damns (sic) I use are in perfect working order.

7/12/2010 12:42:37 PM

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"Looks like Krugman et al are wrong again."

Can you go an entire week without riding his nuts? Why would this mean that Krugman is wrong and not the Democrats?

7/12/2010 12:55:47 PM

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"I've recently travelled a great deal through several states and in and around N. Carolina...and there is way, way, way too much road work going on..."

It really is getting out of control, especially in the Raleigh/Cary/Apex area. I mean, there's constantly road work going on everywhere. Half the time, it's on a road that didn't even need any work. Also, it seems like the "work" is just 8 guys standing around looking into a hole, milking these temporary jobs for all they're worth.

7/12/2010 1:26:54 PM

I drove to Pa this weekend and had to travel through WV. I swear they have more construction and speed traps than taxpayers. After about 4 construction zones, where fines are doubled btw, of basically one lane of traffic so they could set equipment in a lane of traffic for storage I started getting pissed. I swear I read one of those signs to say "This needless pain in the ass is provided by the Obama recovery act."

7/12/2010 2:04:53 PM

I was driving up I-95 through Richmond and hit stopped traffic and was just like, "Oh Lord, some jackass got in an accident." Finally got up the road to discover they took I-95 down to one lane in order to fill some potholes during rush hour.

Anyway, that was about two months ago when I first noticed it, and I was totally outraged and incensed...turns that inconvenience would be minor compared to some of the useless construction zones I've sat through since. It just seems like a free-for-all...anybody with a jackhammer and some orange cones can shut down the road during rush hour with no legitimate reason...

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"LoneSnark: ^^ I'm sure the government would like to hear which bridges and damns (sic) you feel need to be fixed. All the bridges and damns (sic) I use are in perfect working order."

AHA, when I made that post I actually thought about how to properly spell "dam" and confidently went with the "n" version.

I watched a special on da discovery channel about our crumbling infrastructure, and it implied that some of our bridges, damns , and power lines could use some tune-ups before we have another Katrina-style disaster.

[Edited on July 12, 2010 at 9:12 PM. Reason : ]

7/12/2010 9:05:51 PM

well, clearly if you heard about it on Discovery, it must be the God's honest truth, right?

7/13/2010 8:18:14 PM

Spending millions on signs advertising spending on Obama's economic recovery programs
July 15, 2010

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"ABC News got a clever idea and started checking on how much was being spent on signs advertising money being spent to stimulate the economy. ABC's Gregory Simmons and Jonathan Karl found about $20 million -- as in, $20,000,000 -- has gone so far for signs advertising spending. Illinois alone has spent $650,000 on stationary stimulus signs; Pennsylvania, another state with a fellow Democrat as chief executive like President Obama, spent $157,000. Virginia, which has a Republican governor, allows no such signage."

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"The reporters found one sign outside Washington on the road to Dulles International Airport that cost $10,000 to make and erect. It advertises a runway improvement that created all of 17 temporary construction jobs."

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/07/economic-recovery-stimulus-joe-biden.html

I realize that some might say these amounts are small relative the larger stimulus fund. But couldn't the money in question be better spent?

7/17/2010 1:58:36 AM

sure. I guess we could be blowing up brown people or paying "artist" to throw feces on a canvas

7/17/2010 10:35:40 AM

^^Hahaha. Think about all the jobs created in the sign industry, though!

7/17/2010 10:48:07 AM

hey, look at this great use of stimulus funds: putting $20k routers (at double the normal price) into one room shacks to run one computer terminal!

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/02/why-a-one-room-west-virginia-library-runs-a-20000-cisco-router/

3/4/2013 9:50:22 PM