Monday, July 19, 2010

Signs that the stimulus spending is having an impact

No, no, no. I'm not talking about data proving the success of the stimulus spending bill; there isn't any.

I'm talking about the signs going up all over the country to mark specific projects as beneficiaries of the stimulus money, those green road signs heralding the taxpayer-supported munificence of your federal government. I Hate the Media reports that some $20 million has been spent on these things - which is probably a boon to sign manufacturers, but of no practical use to anyone else.

Very...FDR-ish, wouldn't you say? Brings to mind the old National Recovery Act, the logo of which appeared everywhere during the early years of the Roosevelt administration.


Oh, and incidentally, the National Recovery Act was eventually struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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5 comments:

  1. auditions-auditionsJuly 19, 2010 at 5:11 PM

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  2. PacoJuly 19, 2010 at 5:22 PM

    The first comment I got was spam (sigh).

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  3. bingbingJuly 19, 2010 at 8:21 PM

    Hey, we've got 'em, too. WOOT WOOT!

    http://images.smh.com.au/2010/02/14/1119261/kambala-420x0.jpg

    All for our $16.2 billion Building the Education Revolution.

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  4. JeffSJuly 20, 2010 at 12:54 AM

    Look at the bright side, Paco: all those signs can be used for siding in makeshift housing by the homeless. They're quite sturdy, y'know!

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  5. richard mcenroeJuly 20, 2010 at 2:18 AM

    Never mind that in the African-American community of the day, NRA stood for "Negroes Robbed Again" because it utterly devastated the black business community...

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