Democrats are taking potshots at Republicans who voted against the stimulus, but worked to put local projects funded by the stimulus. A case can be made that this is hypocrisy. But a case can also be made that the positive effects of the stimulus were, at least, highly overstated. From The Hill:
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Dems downplaying stimulus
It’s Schock vs. Maddow on Sunday
I’m hearing that Aaron Schock and MSNBC host Rachel Maddow will appear on Meet the Press this Sunday. Here is Maddow laying some smack on Republicans for voting against the stimulus, complaining about it being bad for the country, but then trying to grab all the stimulus funds for their districts than they can...
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Schock: Another stimulus? That’s insane
Press release:
Schock: The Definition of Insanity is Doing the Same Thing Twice and Expecting Different Results
Stimulus II pours billions into the same failed policies of the original stimulus, while adding to the national debt
Washington, DC – Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL) issued the following statement after Speaker Pelosi’s Stimulus II legislation passed the House today...
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Where’s Schock? On a list of big-spending double talkers
We’ve discussed this sort of thing before: Should politicians try to get federal spending for their districts that they are otherwise opposed to? There are some House Republicans who opposed the stimulus bill, but didn’t oppose spending it at home: THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST: HOUSE REPUBLICAN HYPOCRISY HALL OF FAME.
46. Representative Aaron Schock (IL-18)...
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Jake Tapper is my new hero
ABC News’ Jake Tapper whips out his pocket calculator and embarrasses the Obama Administration.
The White House argues that the actual job number is actually larger than 640,000 — closer to 1 million jobs when one factors in stimulus jobs added in October and, more importantly, jobs created indirectly, such as “the waitress who’s still...
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Schock Watch: Memories from Idaho
After a brief hiatus, some links to posts and articles on the Web about Peoria’s only Congressperson:
Argonaut (University of Idaho):
But I’m just as happy with my vote for Schock. In the following years as state representative, I don’t think there was a city function I went to where he wasn’t present. After seeing him...
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Is bad news for Cat proof that stimulus is a sham?
That what blogger Michelle Malkin (who I admit is not a deep thinker) says:
You’ll remember President Obama’s aggressive lobbying for the porkulus package at a Caterpillar plant in February. Obama grandly promised that if the stimulus passed, Caterpillar would rehire laid-off workers — a claim that was refuted by Caterpillar’s CEO.
How’s it all working...
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‘We’re from the government and we’re here to help ourselves’
I am shocked, I tell you, shocked, to discover that government employees aren’t experiencing the layoffs and job insecurity the private sector is undergoing during this recession.
Why should that? Private employers have to somehow convince customers to buy their products or services. All the government has to do is pass a stimulus package handing...
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Woodford County agency can’t pass an audit, but gets stimulus cash anyway
USA Today has a report about how 61 housing agencies that have been repeatedly faulted by auditors for mishandling government aid are getting some $300 million in stimulus cash from the Feds. Among these failed housing agencies is the one serving Woodford County, which is getting another $98,449.
Congress gave the Obama administration permission to...
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In our ongoing effort to show Google how it “Plays in Peoria”, we have been asking people to shoot videos saying why Google should come to Peoria, upload it to You Tube and send us the link. We will then post your video on our Google website, www.googleplaysinpeoria.com. It’s not too late [...]Original post by Billy Dennis
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