$500k of Stimulus money went to adverts to Oberman and Maddow

Cartoon from Gleen Foden.  (Source: mrc.org)

$500,000 of stimulus funds went to advertisements on Keith Oberman and Rachel Maddow. This is frightening and completely absurd. Now many mainstream media already raped this event and supported the fact the many people did not call in the adverts, yet, no one said that this was an illegal action that the government (Not only "Liberals" or the Obama administration). Putting a name on an action leads to blaming one person instead of blaming one section of the political system.


     The real problem is that no jobs were "created". But why would stimulus money create jobs when it is only temporarily "bandage" until the economy increases. Therefore, the extra money (which should be spent to stimulate economy) then the economy should be at equilibrium. Now, I won't debate the criticisms of Keynes or Milton Friedman's income hypothesis. I'll state why the stimulus was used incorrectly and what it will mean.

     This is a way that the government can NOT blame the population for the economic downturn. We (the American people) did not accept the bad debt trading or fractional reserve trading. We only "went along" with the government's ideas because "we say its just politics or we think we cant do it". Also we were too busy while in school or at work to even bother. So we sat and wait and wait. Then when we realize what happened as long as we have shelter and food to eat we say to our TV screens "You did this"!.

     Did that scenario play a tune to your ears? Well, the stimulus was spent on ads and should get you upset at yourself for not complaining to the government bureaucrats, congress, and maybe even wall street. We need to stop blaming others and blame ourselves for not taming the corrupt government. So we let them use our own stimulus for ads.

Stimulus money is defined by Investopedia as:

The definition of Stimulus package definition. (Source: Investopedia)

     The reason this is happening? The illegal (or unconventional) stimulus money could have been used this way to make us (American people) more dependent on the government. Although many media stations reported on it as being a legitimate stimulus because Ads will get people calling and then there will be people working. This is very much like a "Indirect" stimulus, if that makes any sense and was from the tax payers pocket!


Washington Times reported:

"Spending reports under the federal Recovery Act show $495,000 paid to McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations LLC, which the Labor Department hired to raise awareness “among employers and influencers about the [Job Corps] program’s existing and new training initiatives in high growth and environmentally friendly career areas” as well as spreading the word to prospective Job Corps enrollees."

     So the editor of this article, Jim McElhatton, did not even state that job corps allows only youths between the ages of 16-24 this is a terrible information to leave out. Because it renders the stimulus useless to older aged people. Plus, if you read deeper the article only played the advertisement about 112 times (based on their calculations). 

     What is most sickening about this event is that it would take more longer for those youths to find jobs and is only a temporary placement where they reside in a place using "tax payers dollars" to learn about a job and go to a job if they successfully complete it! But wait that's not all! There's a waiting list which all youths need to be on in order to join, sometimes the waiting list takes nearly a year till you're in the program. Then it takes 3 to 2 years to complete! This means that this is nothing like a stimulus at all! Here's the job corps' webpage and where some of the information is found (in case there are skeptics that are too lazy to search).

     What will this mean? Less money for us (American citizens) and more poverty. This will also mean more arguing against political parties and how one is more corrupt than the other. In the Washington Time's article David Williams, President of the nonprofit watchdog Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA), smelled corruption by stating:

“Hiring a PR firm does not create jobs, and this was obviously meant for selling a particular political agenda,” Mr. Williams said. “The placement really reeks of a political ad rather than a job ad, and taxpayers see through this.

     Instead of playing politics with the political parties one must use their personal experiences and understand that this kind of corruption will NEVER stop unless one stops playing the parties rules and use their own independent thinking instead of group thinking. So, stop watching mainstream media (video games and some books) and stop listening to the radio until you can decipher their lies. Until then, read a book about something and criticize its view points and make your own opinion about the book. Thus, you can have the ability to look through a different viewpoint, make your own opinion, and research the facts yourself.