Posts in "Recovery.gov"

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By Nick Leavens at 2:35PM

A Real Bridge to Nowhere

As if more evidence was needed in the case against economic stimulus:

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By Bonnie Kristian at 6:45PM

Stimulus Spending is Super-Effective in Nonexistent Congressional Districts

ABC News reports:

Here's a stimulus success story: In Arizona's 9th Congressional District, 30 jobs have been saved or created with just $761,420 in federal stimulus spending. At least that's what the website set up by the Obama Administration to track the $787 billion stimulus says.

There's one problem, though: There is no 9th Congressional District in Arizona; the state has only eight Congressional Districts.

There's no 86th Congressional District in Arizona either, but the government's recovery.gov Web site says $34 million in stimulus money has been spent there.

Government is so awesome, right?  I did a little fact checking just to make sure, and there are definitely only eight districts.  I also checked out the state legislature, but there are only 30 districts there, so we still don't make it to Recovery.gov's 86th district.  The best part?  The government hasn't realized its mistake yet.


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