Billions in aid go to areas that backed Obama in '08

[-Cp]

Yup - this is the "Change we can believe in"...

WASHINGTON — Billions of dollars in federal aid delivered directly to the local level to help revive the economy have gone overwhelmingly to places that supported President Obama in last year's presidential election.

That aid — about $17 billion — is the first piece of the administration's massive stimulus package that can be tracked locally. Much of it has followed a well-worn path to places that regularly collect a bigger share of federal grants and contracts, guided by formulas that have been in place for decades and leave little room for manipulation.

Full article:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-07-08-redblue_N.htm

[stephanie]

that was pretty much predicted...

something stinks in this administration and it is costing Us citizens...absolutely the most disgusting bunch of crooks, worst than even Clinton was..

[Kathianne]

Yup - this is the "Change we can believe in"...

WASHINGTON — Billions of dollars in federal aid delivered directly to the local level to help revive the economy have gone overwhelmingly to places that supported President Obama in last year's presidential election.

That aid — about $17 billion — is the first piece of the administration's massive stimulus package that can be tracked locally. Much of it has followed a well-worn path to places that regularly collect a bigger share of federal grants and contracts, guided by formulas that have been in place for decades and leave little room for manipulation.

Full article:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-07-08-redblue_N.htm

I think it's too soon to claim that the distribution is political, but the spending is all about gov't keeping jobs:

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/8430/stimuluss.jpg (http://img3.imageshack.us/i/stimuluss.jpg/)

[glockmail]

Gotta pay for that black gal's house and car....