Obama's Secret process benefits pet projects (healthcare, border, Barack Obama, economic)

[coastalrap]

This is how the gubmint distributes stimulus money. Don't worry, it will be the same way with healthcare.

WASHINGTON – A sleepy Montana checkpoint along the Canadian border that sees about three travelers a day will get $15 million under President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan. A government priority list ranked the project as marginal, but two powerful Democratic senators persuaded the administration to make it happen.
Despite Obama's promises that the stimulus plan would be transparent and free of politics, the government is handing out $720 million for border upgrades under a process that is both secretive and susceptible to political influence. This allowed low-priority projects such as the checkpoint in Whitetail, Mont., to skip ahead of more pressing concerns, according to documents revealed to The Associated Press.

AP IMPACT: Secret process benefits pet projects - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090826/ap_on_go_co/us_stimulus_border_crossings_3 - broken link)

[swbtoo]

Thanks for posting that. There are other similar grants that have been slipped through while the public is occupied with other issues. It's no accident this happens (except the accidental distribution of surplus $$ to prisoners, but that is anothe subject).

[LauraC]

Whew, this thread is only about money. I thought Obama was now coming for our pets.

[swbtoo]

Originally Posted by LauraC

Whew, this thread is only about money. I thought Obama was now coming for our pets.

That will be next.