Economy Alarm: Stimulus Money Ending Up on the Side of the Road
Taxpayer-Funded Signs Point To: Where are the Jobs?
Vice President Biden Promised This Would Be a “Recovery Summer”
“Vice President Joe Biden Thursday helps kick off what the White House calls “Recovery Summer,” a six week long push to highlight what the administration says will be jobs created this summer and fall by a surge in federal stimulus spending across the country.” (Dan Lothian and Paul Steinhauser, “White House begins new Stimulus push,” CNN, 6/17/2010)
Credibility Crash: Stimulus Money Wasted On Frivolous and Costly Road Signs:
Diane Sawyer: Some of that money is ending up by the side of the road.
Jonathan Karl: Spending on these signs varies from state to state. Illinois officials told us they had ordered 950 of them at a cost of $650,000, about $680 per sign, Pennsylvania told us they bought only 70 signs, but at a cost of more than $2,000 per sign.
“Republicans call it a waste, and accuse the Administration of using taxpayer money to score political points.”
“But some of these things can be expensive.
Jonathan Karl: “This sign touting a runway improvement project touted at Dulles airport cost $10,000. That’s $10,000 for just one sign.
Just today the House rejected a Republican bill that would’ve cut funding for those signs.