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7-9-2009 8:34 AM
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jay8h says:
Buying Votes?
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7-9-2009 5:24 PM
Antara
Counties that supported Obama last year have reaped twice as much money
per person from the administration's $787 billion economic stimulus
package as those that voted for his Republican rival, Sen. John McCain,
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7-9-2009 6:18 PM
Lexica
Awfully selective in your clipping there. Here are a few more quotes from the story:
Much of it [the aid] has followed a well-worn path to places that regularly collect a bigger share of federal grants and contracts, guided by formulas that have been in place for decades and leave little room for manipulation…

Investigators who track the stimulus are skeptical that political considerations could be at work. The imbalance is so pronounced — and the aid so far from complete — that it would be almost inconceivable for it to be the result of political tinkering, says Adam Hughes, the director of federal fiscal policy for the non-profit OMB Watch. "Even if they wanted to, I don't think the...
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