A little while back, I wrote a post called “How much is 700 Billion Really?”
When it comes down to it, the United States government will be putting more like 1.5 trillion additional into play in the next few years (which I believe will lead to excessive inflation – but that’s a different topic).
An interesting link you may want to check out is http://www.stimuluswatch.org/project/by_state (Sent to us by Renee Fields)
You may find it interesting to see where your state’s funding from the stimulus package is going.
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Find projects by state or territory…
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Alaska (46
projects)
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Alabama (318
projects)
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Arkansas (199
projects)
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Arizona (743
projects)
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California (1971
projects)
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Colorado (201
projects)
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Connecticut (449
projects)
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Washington, D.C. (8
projects)
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Delaware (7
projects)
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Florida (1752
projects)
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Georgia (266
projects)
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Hawaii (316
projects)
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Iowa (51
projects)
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Idaho (348
projects)
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Illinois (1031
projects)
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Indiana (713
projects)
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Kansas (139
projects)
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Kentucky (524
projects)
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Louisiana (433
projects)
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Massachusetts (266
projects)
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Maryland (54
projects)
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Maine (72
projects)
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Michigan (782
projects)
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Minnesota (335
projects)
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Missouri (403
projects)
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Mississippi (552
projects)
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Montana (57
projects)
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North Carolina (319
projects)
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North Dakota (61
projects)
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Nebraska (154
projects)
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New Jersey (261
projects)
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New Mexico (215
projects)
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Nevada (163
projects)
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New York (289
projects)
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Ohio (847
projects)
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Oklahoma (223
projects)
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Oregon (159
projects)
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Pennsylvania (352
projects)
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Puerto Rico (340
projects)
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Rhode Island (116
projects)
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South Carolina (271
projects)
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South Dakota (30
projects)
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Tennessee (103
projects)
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Texas (1240
projects)
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Utah (298
projects)
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Virginia (400
projects)
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Vermont (61
projects)
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Washington (368
projects)
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Wisconsin (358
projects)
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West Virginia (1
projects)
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Wyoming (85
projects
Man…Colorado Springs and Thornton have some good lobbyists apparently for the state of Colorado.
I’m not really following why you think the geographic dispirsment of the $ is that important, given the national/global size of the problem.
Is there something (porkbarreling) you’re suspicious of which you’re not asking out right? Have you looked at the President’s, his team’s website: http://www.recovery.gov for comparison and what I would consider original source data?
(I haven’t, but plan to today or tomorrow) or do you consider it “biased”? Do feel the need for a re-grouping or even filtering of his presentation/data.
Are you suspicious of “transparency”?
This email’s tone feels negative, a little more defensive, even attacking than I mean. But I guess on an emotional level it feels to me like you’re not even giving the President or government a chance to work on the problem.
Maybe, just maybe they can do something about this. Yes, I do think there is historical precedent for this. (FDR)
Just my thoughts (with a little more emotional investment than I really intended)
Sue
Sue,
Wow…
I didn’t intend for it to come across that way at all. I just was hoping people would use the information to make a decision to get informed about where “their” money is going.
Looking at it at the local level allows people to see how they might get a benefit from the spending personally.
In any case, spending 1.3 – 1.5 trillion that doesn’t really exist anywhere is not going to be good for our currency’s global value 3-5 years from now.
Posting this was really intended to help people get a little information about what the stimulus package is going towards.
If they want to check out the president’s web site, I’m all for that. I think this administration really is working on transparency in a way that no other president has, and I’m glad for that.
This really was just intended as a “Hey, you may want to know what the money is being spent on.”
Too bad that didn’t come through… thanks for letting me know.
Warmest,
Jonathan
Sue,
Wow…
I didn’t intend for it to come across that way at all. I just was hoping people would use the information to make a decision to get informed about where “their” money is going.
Looking at it at the local level allows people to see how they might get a benefit from the spending personally.
In any case, spending 1.3 – 1.5 trillion that doesn’t really exist anywhere is not going to be good for our currency’s global value 3-5 years from now.
Posting this was really intended to help people get a little information about what the stimulus package is going towards.
If they want to check out the president’s web site, I’m all for that. I think this administration really is working on transparency in a way that no other president has, and I’m glad for that.
This really was just intended as a “Hey, you may want to know what the money is being spent on.”
Too bad that didn’t come through… thanks for letting me know.
Warmest,
Jonathan