Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Fiscal irresponsibility

More than $3.5 billion in economic stimulus funds are going to programs that President Obama wants to eliminate or trim in his new budget.

The president's budget released this month recommends getting rid of Army Corps of Engineers' drinking-water projects, which got $200 million in stimulus funds, and a U.S. Department of Agriculture flood-prevention program, which received $290 million from the stimulus, a USA TODAY review of stimulus spending reports show.

The administration's budget plan says the corps and USDA programs are inefficient and duplicate similar, more effective work by other agencies. The proposed cuts indicate the programs shouldn't have gotten money from the $862 billion stimulus package . . .
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-02-17-stimulus-funds_N.htm

One year late, Obama realizes that stimulus funds were spent on duplicative and wasteful programs.

Obviously, those who described the stimulus bill as wasteful and inefficient weren't "obstructionist".

They were honest and responsible.

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