Texas Spends Upwards of $2M in Stimulus Cash to Caulk Seven Homes

breitbart.tv/ ^ | 12/27/09 | Fox

[Nachum]

Dallas Morning News: The state received millions of federal dollars from the economic-stimulus package to help poor Texans cut their energy bills, but by the end of last month, just seven homes had been weather-treated under the program. The state has spent $1.8 million of $163 million available over the past four months, with most of it going to administrative costs, such as the salaries of state workers.

[Nachum]

Video at link

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[ItsForTheChildren]

Good job, Rick.

[EyeGuy]

Rather than spending obscene amounts of money on the HIGHLY limited returns in “improving energy efficiency”, we should be taking advantage of the bounty of natural energy sources available, literally at our fingertips.

In other words, simply Drill, Baby, Drill.

[The Cajun]

Texas Spends Upwards of $2M in Stimulus Cash to Caulk Seven Homes

Damn, and I was pi$$ed about spending $70 on the best silicone to re-caulk my whole house.

[blake6900]

Two million bucks, huh?! Musta been union help.

[pogo101]

I haven’t seen that much money spent on caulk since ___________________________________.

[skr]

If only we could hire you to run all the stimulus programs.

[az.b1bbomberfxr]

Just goes to show ya that most of Obama’s stimulus jobs are merely a photo op. Nothing more than smoke, mirrors and diversion.

[SoldierDad]

Sounds like CalTrans in California.

[ApplegateRanch]

$70 on the best silicone to re-caulk my whole house.

Phhhht! How's that supposed to stimulate anything?

$700, might help your local hardware store; $7,000 may stimulate the caulk salesman to buy a new car.

$70,000 might stimulate you to look for a second or third job.

However, $300,000 in public funds 'worth' of caulking per house, now THAT stimulates happy dances in the kickbakees' reelection fund accountants!

[The Cajun]

....now THAT stimulates happy dances in the kickbakees' reelection fund accountants!

OOOH, so you think there may be kickbacks involved ;^)

[Tainan]

Hogs feeding at the trough.

Party affiliations?

[Sarajevo]

most of it going to administrative costs, such as the salaries of state workers.

Who'd have thought?

Gov. Goodhair can mess up a soup sandwich!

[Clara Lou]

Goodhair is the governor in Texas’s weak-governor system. Does he have any control of federal funds? [If it’s his fault, sock it to him. If not, then let’s not sling mud.]

[deport]

If not, then let’s not sling mud.

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Heck I thought that was what Texas Politics was about.......

Anyway we’ll know a little more in 65 days.........

[ExTexasRedhead]

RAT corruption has no limits. We The People must limit their access to our government come November.

All this data must be put into campaign ads to destroy the RATs and RINOs. The GOP doesn’t have the gonads to fight the upcoming election “war” so Freepers keep this information handy to be used against these domestic thieves in the next couple of months. Start exposing these outrages and the perps now. Use every shred of evidence against them.

[Sarajevo]

Clara Lou,

Mr. 38% is my Governor, and I'll sling mud at him any time I want!

XOXO

S-

[freekitty]

They must go.

[Clara Lou]

Mr. 38% is my Governor, and I'll sling mud at him any time I want!
Well, aren't you special? Guess what-- he's my governor, too. What do you do when your mud sticks where and when it shouldn't? Talk is cheap, particularly the unfounded variety you seem to deal in.
[Excuse me if I misunderstand your flip response. You reap what you sow.]