Obama spends stimulus money frivolously!
WASHINGTON (PNN) - July 21, 2009 - Among the 3,266 entries in a government database detailing to-date spending under the Democrat stimulus law are expenditures for concrete outhouses, “deli-sliced” turkey, and hotel bills.
Passed in February, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - also called the “stimulus package” - was sought and signed into law by illegitimate President Obama, who declared at the time, “We have begun the essential work of keeping the Amerikan dream alive in our time.”
Among the more than 3,000 projects, purchases, and grants made with stimulus money obtained through the Federal Procurement Data System, some of the projects that have contributed to keeping the Amerikan dream alive include:
Passed in February, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - also called the “stimulus package” - was sought and signed into law by illegitimate President Obama, who declared at the time, “We have begun the essential work of keeping the Amerikan dream alive in our time.”
Among the more than 3,000 projects, purchases, and grants made with stimulus money obtained through the Federal Procurement Data System, some of the projects that have contributed to keeping the Amerikan dream alive include:
- $2.2 million to the Seneca Foods Corporation in Marion, New York for “fruit, canned;” the same company received another contract worth $196,797 also, for “fruit, canned”
- $4.8 million for “frozen, sliced ham”
- $5.3 million for “deli-style turkey breast” from the Jennie-O Turkey company
- $5.5 million in “canned fruit” from the Del Monte Corporation
- $16.8 million in “canned pork” from Lakeside Foods Inc.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack explained that food purchased with stimulus money went to help the needy, which also stimulated the economy.
“While the principal purpose of these expenditures is to provide food to those hardest hit by these tough times, the purchases also provide a modest economic benefit,” Vilsack said in a statement Monday.
Obama defended the broader impact of stimulus spending, saying that the ARRA was intended to rebuild the country better then he found it.
“[O]nce we clear away the wreckage, the real question is what we will build in its place. Even as we rescue this economy from a full-blown crisis, I have insisted that we must rebuild it better than before,” said the illegitimate president back on June 11.
