Stimulus Surrealism

by Marc Scribner on July 17, 2009 · 2 comments

in Economy, Politics as Usual, Stimulus to Nowhere, Zeitgeist

I am slowly being convinced that Obama’s so-called “stimulus” plan is really just a piece of neo-Dadaist performance art. Today’s evidence supporting my theory comes from The Morning Call in Allentown, PA:

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is spending $60,000 of its stimulus money on $2,000 road signs to highlight projects funded by the massive economic recovery package.
The large green signs mark about 30 of what PennDOT calls ”higher visibility projects” statewide. Each denotes the project is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and features the act’s logo.
Nationwide, several million dollars are being spent producing the signs.

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Laura July 17, 2009 at 11:33 am: In the meantime, state employees take home partial paychecks today. In two weeks, if there is no budget agreement, there will be no paychecks. Just some perspective.