buckeye

Bush and Clinton both allocated billions of dollars in spending into the budget, of which there is still money being used from that allocation until 2012.

Obama administration taking credit for something they obviously did not do, appals me. It told me immediately after the election what kind of people these are.

Now, they want to put more money, that is fine, we need it. I drive hundreds of miles a week on roads and bridges, hoping that this will not be the bridge that falls out from under me. You can spend whatever you want on roads, and never get every bridge, every tunnel safe enough to guarantee safety, but it helps if we try.

That being said, I do not think it creates that many jobs, because the contractor bidding must be a union company, and must use American products only. This eliminates 90% of the small companies, and supports Obama’s union buddies only.

From your article: “…. it doesn’t seem like it’s created very many. It may well be employing lots of people but those two things are very different.”

“Obama’s stimulus is paying the salaries of dozens of workers, but local officials said the unemployment rate continues to rise and is expected to top 20 percent soon. The new money for road projects isn’t enough to offset the thousands of local jobs lost from the closing of manufacturing plants and automotive parts suppliers.”