Listening to enough people, you get the impression that stimulus money was (and is) entirely vapor, or money tossed into the Grand Canyon, poorly spent and adding to the burdens on our grandchildren... mind you, different grandchildren from the ones we had during the Bush Administration when we didn't really give a hoot about deficits, debt, birth certificates, or, grandchildren.
It amazes that even some of the homeless here in sun country are ranting about Obama. A friend of mine, who feeds a few guys who have managed to stay off their feet and struggling for at least six years, was subject to their invective and ridicule of the President. Stun me and stun me again.. You are sitting in someone else's home, eating their food, being permitted to use their shower, you have no job and are not trying to get one, you are drinking every spare dime you have away, and yet, you have plenty of time to absorb the zeitgeist and come out against Obama the Socialist, while you practice lifestyle socialism. Apparently flawed Republican trickle down economic thought has reached new lows, trickling down to the very people who would benefit by the type of funding the stimulus is designed to temporarily provide.
Boldnesses and nonsenses, I say in outrage and mangled English. Take a look at who has received funds from the Recovery Act here in Arizona, and stop pretending that your feet do not touch the earth, or that your life is not impacted by the President's initiatives. You can debate whether people need this help during the worst financial crisis in 75 years, or whether instead to let citizens take the financial hit in full, but to impart evil intentions to the people making this possible is simply unpatriotic.
The list of benefactors goes on and on, so we included just enough to make a point.
Arizona:
Top Recipients Amount
(Feb 17, 2009 - June 30, 2010)
TRANSPORTATION, ARIZONA DEPT OF $404,556,264
PHOENIX, CITY OF $258,073,381
OFFICE OF THE GOVENOR, ARIZONA OFFICE OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY, THE $234,665,262
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA $171,454,609
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY $155,942,726
CHICANOS POR LA CAUSA, INC. $141,104,620
HENSEL PHELPS CONSTRUCTION CO $116,911,168
ROUGH ROCK SCHOOL BOARD, INC. $107,958,319
DEPT OF EDUCATION ARIZONA $107,222,392
ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING CORPORATION $100,196,560
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY $75,494,068
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY $74,068,312
NAVAJO NATION DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS $70,242,837
PIMA COUNTY $68,853,131
SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DISTRICT $56,859,359
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ARIZONA $55,608,603
MESA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 4 $53,614,990
GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY $48,180,007
TUCSON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT $46,430,582
MARICOPA, COUNTY OF $46,302,869
NAVAJO TRIBAL UTILITY AUTHORITY COMPANY $43,965,703
CITY OF TUCSON $43,146,993
GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. $41,561,916
VALLEY METRO RAIL, INC. $40,122,519
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY $37,491,154
ARCHER WESTERN CONTRACTORS, LTD. $36,247,473
NAVAJO HOUSING AUTHORITY $34,412,126
MESA, CITY OF $29,216,958
TEMPE, CITY OF $28,456,033
INTERNATIONAL SURFACING SYSTEMS, INC. $27,255,485
PASCUA YAQUI TRIBE $24,475,405
PEORIA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 11 $23,626,318
SULPHUR SPRINGS VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC $23,482,107
GILBERT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT #41 $23,442,056
THE NAVAJO NATION TRIBAL GOVERNMENT $22,842,953
PHOENIX UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 210 $22,325,159
DEER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT #97 $22,178,709
Chandler Unified School District $21,828,706
MARICOPA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT $21,392,257
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA $21,282,122
PARADISE VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 69 $21,041,111
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. $21,038,852
YUMA, COUNTY OF $20,000,873
Washington Elementary School District 6 $19,661,728
Cartwright School District 83 $18,703,186
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