From what I understand-- all or most the state matching funds were non-existent-- and that some states would be declaring bankruptcy ( or may still be) with the appropriations put forward if they continued- especially after the huge gas highways funds tax drop after the drop in local/state/national transportation taxes after GW gave his Oil buddies a free shot to rape and pillage with runaway inflated prices - and -AFTER GW'S BEING ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL BUST THE COUNTRIES/WORLDS ECONOMY...
So the Stimulus/Jobs Bill was designed to keep many of these previously appropriated/planned jobs going forward-- and to keep some people working- while creating new jobs....
The comedy asked by many in the Ag industry of Montana-- is why after 20 years of Montana's Ag groups trade promotion with with countries like Cuba- some of our Representatives voted against dropping the embargo....The same "some' that had promoted it for years- until "he" got $11,000+ in lobbyiest money from an anti embargo Lobbyiest out of Florida-- and then stuck in the biggest "PORKULUS" part of the Stimulus/Jobs bil for a Montana World Trade Center :???: :???: :???: l ....
No difference than Sen Stevens "Bridge to Nowhere" and Sister Sarah's ( the rightwingnuts "messiah") "Road to Nowhere" that the Alaskans are getting a big laugh out of- sticking their "pork" in when the country could use it elsewhere......
President Obama to Sign Pork-Laden Omnibus Spending Bill
March 02, 2009 8:29 AM
MoreObama administration officials Sunday announced that despite expressed "concerns" with the billions in earmarks contained in the $410 billion omnibus spending bill -- and campaign pledges to "slash earmarks by more than half" -- the President would sign the bill.
Taxpayers for Common Sense says the bill contains 8,570 earmarks at a cost of $7.7 billion. An estimated 60% of the earmarks are from Democrats, while Republicans requested the remaining 40%.
In his list of the Top Ten Porkiest projects that he tweeted on his Twitter page last week, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. -- who is urging President Obama to veto the bill -- cited both the $300,000 earmark for a Montana World Trade Center from GOP Rep. Dennis Rehberg of Montana.
Piggy-- explain to me the need for the Montana World Trade Center???