Obama spent $1 trillion on a federal “stimulus”, most of which was supposed to go to infrastructure improvements (shovel-ready jobs).
The reality is that municipalities took this federal money and used it on projects that already had a source of funding. The displaced money was used to bolster government worker pension funds.
Result: few new projects were funded. We’re out $1T and almost nothing changed.
This is just another scheme to funnel money to under-funded union pensions, so that unions can continue to funnel money to the Democrats.
Approve nothing, unless it is designated for a specific and necessary infrastructure project.
I have an idea. Quit spending millions on expensive signs at the side of roads reminding us that they’re spending stimulus dollars. $1 goes for potholes, $5 for spending signs, and $4 for administrative overhead of every $10. Gee, Obama is smart (not). Skip the signs that pat you on the back, spend every dollar fixing the damn road.