“Reconditioning the National Mall will create jobs.”

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  January 27th at 05:21 PM  | 

Today a reporter asked Robert Gibbs, Obama’s press secretary, to explain the $200 million for the National Mall in Washington. He actually tries to justify it as a means to create new jobs. REPORTER: Clearly with the contraceptive decision, the president is open to revising some component parts of the stimulus GIBBS: I think that’s accurate. REPORTER: And to pick up on the phrase you | Read More »

The “Economic Stimulus” Package Is Like Yelling “Sue-wee” For the Pigs to Come Eat

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  December 30th at 04:07 PM  | 

I am getting a first hand sense of what the coming “economic stimulus” package is going to be. In short, nothing but a hand out to municipalities around the country. In my role as city councilman here in Macon, I received a letter from the local congressman about the economic stimulus package that gives away the game. You can read the letter here [2.4 MB | Read More »