The stimulus tracker

2009-11-11 12:35:31

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Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6997|132 and Bush

We had a map posted some time ago showing where the money was going but it was not updating.
This is interactive and shows the specific contracts awarded in each state/county.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33498869/ns … ll/us/all/

Large parts of the $787 billion federal stimulus package to help the U.S. economy are being spent on entitlement programs such as unemployment benefits and Medicaid, but hundreds of billions will go toward contracts, grants and loans to restore infrastructure. Click on the map and categories below to track that spending down to the county level.

California is still topping the list at $11.2b. No surprise there.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2009-11-11 12:52:55

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CameronPoe: Member; +2,925|6952

Such a contrast over here. The government is drawing a line in the sand and cut, cut, cutting everywhere. Today the double welfare payment in the run up to Christmas was scrapped saving the nation over €200m. We are currently braced for a wave of public sector strikes in protest at touted pay cuts across the board. Bring it on...

Why is Washington state getting such a heavy stimulus??

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2009-11-11 13:01:10

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Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5754|London, England

CameronPoe wrote:
Such a contrast over here. The government is drawing a line in the sand and cut, cut, cutting everywhere. Today the double welfare payment in the run up to Christmas was scrapped saving the nation over €200m. We are currently braced for a wave of public sector strikes in protest at touted pay cuts across the board. Bring it on...

Why is Washington state getting such a heavy stimulus??

They have a big ticket item apparently. They're dismantling a nuclear plant (when they should be building them but that's a different topic).

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2009-11-11 13:05:57

#4

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6997|132 and Bush

JohnG@lt wrote:
CameronPoe wrote:
Such a contrast over here. The government is drawing a line in the sand and cut, cut, cutting everywhere. Today the double welfare payment in the run up to Christmas was scrapped saving the nation over €200m. We are currently braced for a wave of public sector strikes in protest at touted pay cuts across the board. Bring it on...

Why is Washington state getting such a heavy stimulus??
They have a big ticket item apparently. They're dismantling a nuclear plant (when they should be building them but that's a different topic).

Yes this. If you click on the state you can see all of the contracts in that state.. down to the county level.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2009-11-11 13:09:05

#5

CameronPoe: Member; +2,925|6952

$83m for a parking lot renovation in Seattle...... ?

2009-11-11 13:16:00

#6

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5754|London, England

CameronPoe wrote:
$83m for a parking lot renovation in Seattle...... ?

You've discovered why I am so anti the US Govt spending a dime on anything... 90% of it seems to be waste and graft.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2009-11-11 13:23:01

#7

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6965|Mountains of NC

imagine if we all ( all=whole nation) got to vote on where the money goes and got to vote on/if senate and congress gets a raise ( they get to vote for their own raises )

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2009-11-11 13:39:49

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Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6865

SEREMAKER wrote:
imagine if we all ( all=whole nation) got to vote on where the money goes and got to vote on/if senate and congress gets a raise ( they get to vote for their own raises )

California proved that large-scale direct democracy is a bad thing.

2009-11-11 13:41:15

#9

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6965|Mountains of NC

? when they voted against raising taxes ................. or the governator

2009-11-11 13:51:48

#10

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|6098|College Park, MD

SEREMAKER wrote:
? when they voted against raising taxes ................. or the governator

Probably the former.

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2009-11-11 13:54:53

#11

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5754|London, England

SEREMAKER wrote:
? when they voted against raising taxes ................. or the governator

Every single one of their Propositions has been awful.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

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