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Old 02-18-2010, 07:33 AM
 
Location: deafened by howls of 'racism!!!'
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what a bargain!

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Who could forget the $5 billion in Obama administration stimulus money that was going to rapidly create nearly 90,000 green jobs across the country in these tough economic times and make so many thousands of homes all snuggy and warm and energy-efficient these very snowy days?

Well, a new report due out this morning will show the $5-billion program is so riddled with drafts that so far it's weatherized only about 9,000 homes.
Obama's federal government can weatherize your home for only $57,362 <em>each</em> | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times
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Old 02-18-2010, 09:23 AM
 
Location: Land of debt and Corruption
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Add that to the other failed Obama program... Cash for clunkers cost taxpayers $24,000 per car.

Government is rarely the answer and usually the problem.
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Old 02-18-2010, 11:12 AM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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Obama's federal government can weatherize your home for only $57,362 <em>each</em> | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times

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Well, a new report due out this morning will show the $5-billion program is so riddled with drafts that so far it's weatherized only about 9,000 homes.

ABC News reports that the General Accountability Office will declare today that the Energy Department has fallen woefully behind -- about 98.5% behind -- the 593,000 homes it initially predicted would be weatherized in the Recovery Act's very first, very chilly year.
More competent, effective management from the obama administration - NOT!
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Old 02-18-2010, 11:16 AM
 
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Unreal. Spend over 500,000 dollars and only get 9000 homes done.

Ridiculous. The government is the most inefficient beast in the market, hands down.
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