Glenn Shepard’s Personal Blog

Not that anyone should be surprised, but it’s business as usual in Washington. Here’s some of what the so called “Economic Stimulus Package “ includes:

$75 million for stop smoking programs
$50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts
$70 million for a super computer for the weather service
$335 million to prevent sexually transmitted diseases

There will a few jobs – but very few – jobs created because of this. There is only $30 billion for roads, although you were promised that was what the $800 billion package was going to be for. Dave Ramsey summed it up best when he said “America, you were lied to!”

This is yet another reason why people have to quit looking to Washington to solve all their problems. It just doesn’t work.

Here’s even more evidence that no matter what happens on Wall Street, people on Main Street will continue to find money for the things they really want to find money for. Apple surpasse3d even the analysts’ expectations this week when they reported a whopping $10.2 billion in revenue for the 4th quarter of 2008, posting record earnings of $1.6 billion.

While the mainstream media continues trying to convince everyone the sky is falling, Paul Harvey reports that 30-second Superbowl ads are going for a record $3,000,000, and nearly all are sold. He also reports that an estimated $170 million was spent on the presidential inauguration. Just goes to prove that people will always find the money for things they want to find money for.