NRN - Where is the Stimulus Money Going?
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 10:38AM Fellow Bloggers,
Yesterday, we reported on the Washington Examiner uncovering 75,000 plus bogus jobs from the Stimulus Bill. Today, we have even more fishy news on the Stimulus front.
Bill McMorris from Watchdog.org discovered that there seems to be stimulus money going to "phantom congressional districts", according to Recovery.gov. D.J. McGuire from Virginia Virtucon dug into this claim in Virginia and discovered that not only was this claim true, but Virginia, which has 11 congressional districts, received stimulus funds in many, many more districts than the recognized 11.
Notice, this chart (click here to see chart) showing the funds being delivered to Virginia includes many more districts than the federally recognized 11. Even further, the chart shows jobs being created in "unknown" portions of Virginia.
And, according to Bill McMorris, this is a widespread problem not exclusive to Virginia.
Reader Comments (1)
It would be rather simple to find out who signed for/authorised these expenditures in these made up districts.Government money usually has a long paper trail,if the powers that be care to investigate that is.
Is'nt our "watchdog"media great.Instead of breaking story after story(scandal,some would say)about this current Administration,they spend thier time fact checking SNL skits about thier Dear Leader.Or sending a dozen or so crack reporters to see if every word written by Sarah Palin in her new book is factually accurate.
Actually,I don't have a problem with that second part.I just wish they would use thier investigative journalism skills on the people who are actually in power,and not so much on someone who's political career is over,so they say.