About Half of Stimulus Money Has Been Spent

[BuyingThyme]

About Half of Stimulus Money Has Been Spent
September 29, 2009
Mark Binker

About half of the $787 billion federal stimulus -- what sticklers for legislative titles call the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act -- passed in February has been spent, says Ed DeSeve, a special adviser to the president on recovery act funding.

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http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/2009/9/29/about_half_of_stimulus_money_has.htm

[Winterblues]

1. I am getting some of it

As soon as the bill was signed I put in for the weatherization program and just last week I had an auditor come check out my home and do a weatherization audit. He was very nice and said they would replace six windows and two doors and go around the house e and seal every crack. Also will blow in a bunch of insulation into my attic and add more insulation under the floor. I am stoked as winter is coming and my fuel bills have been getting unmanageable. During the winter I burn about five gallons a day and right now we are paying a little over $3.00 a gallon. After they do the work my fuel bill should be about half. I burn less, that means we buy less from other countries and people are receiving a paycheck to help me/country out. It is a win/win/win situation.

[Statistical]

3. Another little plus is I heard heating oil this winter should be about 30% lower than less winter.

So burning half as much oil and the oil you do burn costs about 30% less. Nice compounded reduction in heating costs.

[Subdivisions]

2. For all his big-haired bullshit about he didnt' want any of Obama's stinulus

money, Texas' Gov. Prick Perry, sure got some of it. I'm seeing that money put people to work all over my region of Texas.