We’ve all seen them–the lovely green signs lining our roads and highways over the past year plus, letting us know that this government construction project is being paid for by the government. And we’re all really glad to know that, because normally there is a lot of confusion about who is paying the tab on road construction. Finally, someone in Congress is taking notice of this nonsense–Congressman Aaron Schock was on the FOX Business Channel to take the Obama Administration to task on the continued government waste of our tax dollars. Here are a few quick notes from Cong. Schock’s takedown of the ARRA signs:
-ARRA was supposed to be the largest allocation of funds for infrastructure projects since President Eisenhower, yet only 8% of the funds are going to infrastructure projects.
-These signs, with mandated design requirements cost anywhere from $300 to $10,000 a pop. Yep, $10,000. One sign, or funds for a year of college education at a state university in Ohio, with change.
-Over $20 million has been spent on signs already, and $100 million has been allocated over the life of the bill.
-”It is an insult to the intelligence of the taxpayers to suggest that we need to tell them that a public works project, that a road project, is their tax money at work. Think if every unit of government did that…the amount of overhead and unnecessary expense that would be coming in addition to the already costly public works projects that you all pay for with your tax money. Its ridiculous. But it is, it is the same propaganda, narcissism, self-aggrandizing promotional stuff that is indicative of the Obama Administration.”
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