I've said it before: The stimulus is good, but you have to keep a very, very close eye on where stimulus money goes.
This money can be used for a lot of things that make life better for the public: schools, bridges, libraries, firehouses, and so on.
But the Republican-controlled Missouri Senate has different ideas. They want to spend most of the stimulus money on a database to track anyone who buys over-the-counter pseudoephedrine drugs.
The country would be better off if Missouri just rejected this stimulus money outright. Seriously. This is the type of waste the Obama administration ought to clamp down on.
Who decided to squander federal tax dollars on this nonsense? Well, the Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee is chaired by an ultraconservative bully named Gary Nodler - who may be best known for his temper tantrum in which he started an argument with a caretaker for the developmentally disabled at a movie theater.
What a disgrace.
(Source: http://www.kctv5.com/money/19068566/detail.html)
Friday, April 3, 2009
Missouri wastes stimulus money
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Two Points: First the Senate Appropriations Committee has spent no stimulus money at all in operating budgets and expects that to be done in a separate bill to do the kinds of things you suggest. The funds the Committee has plugged in are stabilization funds and the purpose of those funds is to stabilize general revenue funding. Secondly, Nodler never started an argumument with a caretaker but was verbally assaulted by one as he left a noisy theater, don't try to re-write history. Except for being wrong on both points I guess your post is OK.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet "Truth B" is actually Gary Noodler himself...just a hunch.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Missouri wasting money, there is a park-owed home down the street from the apartment Missouri is paying $650/month rent for + $60/month water + cable, internet, power, etc. for some guys to live in to tag elk in Tennessee.
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