Outrage: CBS News Reports that “Stimulus” Funds Have Gone to Martini Bars, Puppet Shows (wages, Glenn Beck)

[Wayland Woman]

Aren't we talking about the National Foundation of the Arts who got $25,000 for puppet theaters for children? That's not a major amount of money to get your panties in a bunch over. I'll bet even children of neo-cons enjoy and attend stuff like that. It did create jobs in the arts, by the way.

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by Wayland Woman

Aren't we talking about the National Foundation of the Arts who got $25,000 for puppet theaters for children? That's not a major amount of money to get your panties in a bunch over.

Yes it is because that $25,000 here, just another $100K over there and another $50k over here adds up to billions of dollars because every level of government does it.

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by Wayland Woman

It did create jobs in the arts, by the way.

It's a waste, give me $25K and the $25K from some other wasteful program and I'll build a park that they can go to the next 20 or 30 years.

[newtoli]

Originally Posted by thecoalman

It's a waste, give me $25K and the $25K from some other wasteful program and I'll build a park that they can go to the next 20 or 30 years.

How will that park stimulate the economy? Will people be spending money at the park?

[Wayland Woman]

Originally Posted by thecoalman

It's a waste, give me $25K and the $25K from some other wasteful program and I'll build a park that they can go to the next 20 or 30 years.

You couldn't buy land for a park, much less build a park for $25,000, not to mention maintaining it afterward. The puppet theaters were built and staffed within existing dwellings like public museums, etc. and they could potentially go on for many years as well.

[newtoli]

Originally Posted by Wayland Woman

You couldn't buy land for a park, much less build a park for $25,000, not to mention maintaining it afterward. The puppet theaters were built and staffed within existing dwellings like public museums, etc. and they could potentially go on for many years as well.

Supplying both jobs and place for people to spend money.

[mossomo]

The Stimulus is a joke and a failure. The private sector, ie middle class, has seen little benefit. Very little infrastructure is being built. It has created little demand in manufacturing. The only people getting stimulus funds are gov't related entities; the stimulus is only stimulating existing gov't programs and their outreach.

If you are a social service, 501c, a school/university, a gov't supported lab, a state, or an agency which works with one of the above, there's lot's of money available for you; otherwise the stimulus is not reaching or having an affect on you.

The stimulus in effect has grown gov't, it's a huge piggybank for gov't outreach and gov't programs. Had I known this was intent, I would have never given it a chance.

Here is a breakdown. Make your own conclusions. Source data here.

Grant
Collaborative Research: Exploration of Graphene-Nanocrystal Metamaterials
University of Texas At Austin/National Science Foundation
$633,687

Analysis: Gov't Supported Lab/University

Contract
Pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Charleston County was Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing funding to provide funding… $831,125

Analysis: Social Services

door mats
$14,675

Analysis: Social Services

Grant
Public Housing Capital Fund Stimulus (Formula) Recovery Act Funding $10,540,573

Analysis: Social Services

Contract
Advance the James Webb Space Telescope project
NASA
$65,000,000

Analysis: Gov't Agency

Contract
Small Turkey Deli Breasts
$5,379,000

Analysis: Social Services

Grant
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund - Government Services Fund
$117,864,326
PUERTO RICO

Analysis: PR won't cut spending and cannot balance it's budget, local govt bailout, State

Grant
Mayaguez West By-Pass, Mayaguez
$15,536,566
Federal Highway Administration

Analysis: Gov't Agency/State

Contract
ARRA Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA), and Quality Improvement Funding $130,394

Analysis: Social Services

Grant
CAREER: Parameterizations of Langmuir Turbulence in Shallow Water
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA/National Science Foundation
$480,000

Analysis: Gov't Supported Lab/University

Grant
Arts and the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009
$25,000
NEA

Analysis: Gov't Agency

Grant
Selected Problems in Applied Mathematics
$150,000
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA/National Science Foundation

Analysis: Gov't Supported Lab/University

Grant Arts and the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009
$25,000
NEA

Analysis: Gov't Agency

Grant Arts and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 $353,400
NEA

Analysis: Gov't Agency

Grant
Initial deglaciation of the Laurentide Ice Sheet: A Gulf of Mexico perspective $118,000
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA/National Science Foundation

Analysis: Gov't Supported Lab/University

Grant
Arts and the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009
$250,000
NEA

Analysis: Gov't Agency

Contract
Sojourner's Inn Transitional Housing is the name of our program.
$426,335

Analysis: Social Services

Grant
ARRA - Public Health Traineeship Program
$72,766

Analysis: Social Services

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by newtoli

How will that park stimulate the economy? Will people be spending money at the park?

A park requires construction workers, material, tools etc. It also provides a long lasting benefit. Lets put it another way, would you rather have bridge or nice artsy picture of bridge? Which is going to be the most beneficial?

[Wayland Woman]

The Stimulus is a joke and a failure. The private sector, ie middle class, has seen little benefit. Very little infrastructure is being built. It has created little demand in manufacturing. The only people getting stimulus funds are gov't related entities; the stimulus is only stimulating existing gov't programs and their outreach.

Mossomo: I understand your concern but the stimulus was set up so that non-profits and government agencies would be in the first wave to get stimulus money because they'd take less vetting than private sector projects. The next wave of stimulus money hasn't been spent yet and will target a different sector. The jobs in manufacturing are suppose to kick in in January. We shall all see if that happens as projected, or not. It's a little too early to label the stimulus a failure.

[cobolt]

Originally Posted by Quick Enough

Where is Biden? I thought he was supposed to be the MARSHAL 0verseeing everything.

He's still looking for the phone number of the website. I think he misplaced his address book.