If You Want To Improve Business In Your Town, Invite Glenn Beck

[odanny]

Originally Posted by meson

How about this ....

That would be an understatement for some I'm afraid.... (I have to laugh first with Beck, though)

He is great entertainment value

[sickofnyc]

In the spirit of Christmas, Glenn Beck will be bringing his radio and TV shows to economically devastated Wilmington, Ohio tomorrow, and he is even inviting residents to join him at his radio show taping. Of course, Beck being the “populist” that he is, will be charging the residents of a county where unemployment is at 15.8% $125 to attend.

Note Beck’s website claims that all “net proceeds” will go to local non-profits. It should be noted that Glenn is not donating the total proceeds, but the net. This means that after all costs associated with the events, some local unnamed likely politically allied with Beck non-profits will get a small cut after Beck takes his for appearance fees and expenses. Don’t be fooled. There is a big difference between donating ALL proceeds and net proceeds. Beck will make sure that he gets paid.

Beck told the people of Wilmington, “We’re going to go do a show there tomorrow, and we’re going to show the nation that you don’t have to be depressed. You don’t have to hold your hand out and cry about it. You can stand up, and stand together, and pull yourself up, and that is exactly what Wilmington is doing. The small towns are going to give us the answer and the way out, and Wilmington, Ohio is going to lead the way.”

As Media Matters pointed out, in his feel good conservative story of self-sufficiency, Beck neglects to mention that Wilmington has received $13 million in federal funding, “So in total, approximately $13 million in federal funds have flowed into Wilmington in recent years. But Beck pretends the town isn’t accepting “any money from the government.”” The real kicker is that the very theatre will Beck will be taping has $300,000 in federal aid, and is set to get $1.5 million tax payer dollars to cover the cost of refurbishing.
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[jon1987]

I went to the signing at Kenwood to get a copy of Broke for my dad and it was packed! I'm not surprised by the positive outcome he had

[ambient]

Originally Posted by OhioIstheBest

Glenn Beck is putting people back to work. Somenthing the government has been trying to do for years. Yet, they have been miserable failures.

It's like I always say. The private citizen can and will always do more to improve the economy and people's overall well-being than the govt ever will.

I'm sure the "Glenn Beck effect" will put the nation back on the path to prosperity.