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“Stimulus” Money Going to 10 Ohio Congressional Districts That Don’t Exist

A lot has been made of the non-existent congressional district in Arizona that the White House claimed received “stimulus” money.  So today, we went to Recovery.gov to find out how the state of Ohio - a state with 18 congressional districts - fared.  Guess what we found: TEN congressional districts in the Buckeye State that DO NOT exist received stimulus money.  Take a look below:

In fact, Ohio has never had more than 24 Members of Congress.

Not soon after the “stimulus” was signed into law in February of this year, stories about “stimulus” funds going to to Wisconsin for a bridge to Rusty’s Backwater Saloon; to North Carolina where “stimulus” funds were reportedly used by one town to hire a new worker whose job is to apply for more “stimulus” funds from Washington; to pay for bonuses for AIG executives, a turtle crossing in northern Florida, install skylights in Montana’s state-run liquor warehouse - and on and on and on. 

House Republican Leader John Boehner said in a statement to the Cleveland Plain Dealer today:

Not only has the ’stimulus’ not produced jobs the Administration promised, but now we learn that the Administration’s reports intended to track the effectiveness of government spending are riddled with errors and gross inaccuracies.  How many more mistakes have been made? How are Ohioans supposed to take the Administration seriously on the economy when its own Web site credits jobs saved or created in districts that don’t even exist?

The latest example - claiming credit for creating jobs in Ohio Congressional districts that don’t even exist - is just one more sign the “stimulus” isn’t working.

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8 Responses to ““Stimulus” Money Going to 10 Ohio Congressional Districts That Don’t Exist”

1. Holly Says:
   November 17th, 2009 at 5:43 pm

   Gee whose pocket is that money lining?? This doesn’t surprise me! No wonder the stimulus is not really creating real jobs….it is going to not real congressional districts to create not real jobs..
   What a joke! It looks like to me that the stimulus just makes things worse; ie; increased dept, no jobs, illegal payoffs??, and ???? more of the same corrupt, empty promise from the Obama administration!

2. Jacque Arnal Says:
   November 18th, 2009 at 11:18 am

   There were 10 districts that didn’t exist that recieved stimulus money? Where did the money go? Who recieved this taxpayer money?
   Jacque Arnal

3. Carolyn Says:
   November 21st, 2009 at 12:19 pm

   If these districts do not exist, then where is the money?

4. L�nar pengar Says:
   November 27th, 2009 at 4:04 am

   You got a really useful blog. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Outstanding, Helen Chisholm @ L�na pengar

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