According to the Chicago Business, Illinois will receive more than 12 percent of the road and bridge projects approved so far by the U.S. Department of Transportation in the stimulus package. According to the article:
"At a televised appearance Monday before about 50 DOT employees, President Barack Obama announced that 2,000 projects nationwide had been approved by the agency since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act became law Feb. 17.
"Just 41 days ago we announced funding for the first transportation project under ARRA and today we're approving the 2,000th project," Mr. Obama said. "I am proud to utter the two rarest phrases in the English language: Projects are being approved ahead of schedule, and they are coming in under budget.""
There are fifty states in the United States. There are fifty states where people pay taxes to the federal government. If money were allocated simply by how many states there were, each state would get 2 percent of the money. In 2007, Illinois paid $135,458,089,000 to the federal government in taxes. The state ranked fifth in the amount of money collected and paid to the government. It just seems an amazing coincidence that the President's home state is receiving a lion's share of the stimulus money.
Just as a side thought, how can a project not started yet be under budget?
Attend you local tea party--this is part of what the tea party movement is about.
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