Has Obama Pulled a Madoff on America? At Least One Dem OUTRAGED!
By Richard Okelberry (Note: This Post was originally published at KVNU’s, For the People Blog.)
“Hours after ABC’s Jonathan Karl reported on government data showing hundreds of created jobs and millions of dollars spent in congressional districts that don’t exist, House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, D-Wis., late Monday issued a blistering statement demanding an immediate fix to “ludicrous mistakes” on the Recovery.gov Website.
“The inaccuracies on recovery.gov that have come to light are outrageous and the Administration owes itself, the Congress, and every American a commitment to work night and day to correct the ludicrous mistakes,” Obey said. “Credibility counts in government and stupid mistakes like this undermine it. We’ve got too many serious problems in this country to let that happen.”
“Whether the numbers are good news or bad news, I want the honest numbers and I want them now,” Obey continued.” – ABC News
Yep that’s right, according to the White House over $6.2 BILLION in Stimulus money has made it’s way into Congressional districts that well… simply don’t exist!
Is this a simple clerical error or is the money being used for kickbacks to union thugs and ACORN? Who knows! The White House has been tight lipped ever since ABC (not FOX) broke the story after reviewing the statistics at Recovery.org causing many like me to wonder again; where is this open government and administration that was supposed to be replacing the super secret Bush, White House?
Even Utah got $1.2 million to create 26 non-existent jobs in its non-existence 4th and 00 districts. Or so the White House says.
Still, Congressman Obey really should be careful. As one commenter smartly exclaimed on the ABC site following this story, “I’ll bet Rahm is busy chopping up fish to send out to those Democrats who dare stumble off the reservation…” That certainly could be a lot of fish coming out of the White House budget if they can’t figure this thing out and quick.
National | Richard Okelberry November 19, 2009