Obama is so generous with YOUR MONEY!

The Democrats REALLY care about the poor. Hey they always use "helping the poor" rhetoric to justify helping themselves to the money in the taxpayers' wallets. And are they really helping the poor? You be the judge. Here are three recent head-shaking stories.

1) "Obama's Stash -
What did Detroit do with 15 million in "stimulus money?" They established a lottery to give it away. How many jobs is that creating? None. Oops...a clarification: judging from the video below their program stimulated police, fire, and rescue jobs to control the mob competing for the free dough. Go here to see a transcript of conversations with several folks in line who didn't have a clue where the money came from and attributed it to "Obama's stash." Pretty accurate since he considers the taxpayers his personal ATM machine.



2) Want a free cell phone?
There's a government-subsidized program called Safelink Wireless that offers free cell phones and free minutes for the poor. The program originally began in 1984, but it seems like the push to get millions added began this past summer. I haven't been able to find any information on what kind of government funding is involved (Is it coming out of the stimulus?) and when I tried to talk to someone at Safelink all I got were recorded messages and instructions on how to apply for my free phone. What do you think? Should welfare include free cell phones? Or does this give new meaning to the word poverty?

3) Buy a golf cart on the U.S. taxpayer.
This morning Good Morning America's talking heads were having a good chuckle over another stimulus program that gives a minimum $2500 rebate (and as much as about $6,000 depending on the type of battery) to those who buy street-legal electric vehicles -- like golf carts. Yes, you read that right. Your tax dollars are going to subsidize some guy buying a low speed vehicle to tootle around his neighborhood -- like Bald Head Island where cars are banned and everybody rides golf carts or bicycles. When we were there earlier this month (for the day - riding on rented bikes), we picked up a magazine advertising houses for rent. They cost about twice the comparable rentals at the Outer Banks and Myrtle Beach. So just think. People who can't afford a vacation at such an expensive resort can now subsidize rich folks who can, helping them buy golf carts for their two-cart garages. The goofs at GMA may think this is a laughing matter; as a taxpayer, I'm appalled.

But we can all say thanks to "Mmm...mmm...mmm...Barack Hussein Obama." This is turning into not only one of the most corrupt administrations in history, but a big joke as well. Remember when Obama said the stimulus would go to improve the infrastructure? Hey, the Oakland/San Francisco Bay Bridge is closed because of problems. Maybe they can just require everyone to drive golf carts or bikes.

How's That Stimulus Bill Doing?

Not so well judging from the graph showing the administration's predictions of how things would be with and without the stimulus (in blue) and the actual unemployment situation (in maroon).

Many economists said the stimulus would hurt the economy and they appear to have been better prophets than the administration's tealeaf readers.

One of my favorite economists, Dave Ramsey, took issue with this plan last January. It's a spending bill to fund the liberal agenda. The package costs "more than the entire Iraqi war." Dave Ramsey "cannot accept being lied to.... It's absurd."