NTIA Hands Out First Broadband Stimulus Grants > If the rest of the stimulus money used so far

If the rest of the stimulus money used so far

What's stupid is how we got here and no protections put back in place to prevent this from happening again.

reply to R4M0N

reply to R4M0N
First off, Grandma needs to be studied. Grandmas wonder what that magical box is with all the images and flashy things. Second, the point of "project money" is to make it your own pet project. No one said it had to be spent wisely. This is after all, government funds. There are unlimited amounts of money where they came from, should you blow through the first set. Tax payers are cash cows. So have at it with trial and error. No protections needed. If you feel like giving your CEO 100 million dollar raise for coming into work with the money, have at it. You'll simply get more.

Worried about customer protections and rights. Hah, this is the USA. You've got lawyers and lobbyists to make sure that doesn't happen.

At the end of the day, enjoy your windfall. Laugh at the tax payers, and smile you live in the U.S.A. Land of no accountability and endless misspending on projects that will never be fulfilled or done in a timely manner!!

reply to R4M0N

wait....what?

reply to jc100
"First off, Grandma needs to be studied. Grandmas wonder what that magical box is with all the images and flashy things."

I just love it when everyone thinks Grandmas/Grandpas are that stupid. Nice try. Most know how a TV and/or VCR works, inside and out. Most even repair and upgrade their own computers. Amazing, eh?

It just proves how ignorant some people are, especially when some grandparents are in their 40's and 50's. Maybe a few in their 30's.
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IF you grew a thicker skin, you would have noticed that the point was not the grandparents, but the use of the money.

Stimulus money was supposed to be used to "immediately create jobs"... Not only was the American public stupid enough to actually think that government spending creates jobs, the rats in congress are bold enough to dole out the money to stuff that won't even create the illusion of being related to job creation.

So yeah, you're right. Grandparents are not all stupid technophobes. Then again, we all knew that already.

reply to BF69
Um,

So you really NEED to study the obvious, ay? I mean are we that brain dead as a society that we can't realize that CERTAIN facets of our lives are better without PISSING away millions to find out about it?

P.S. You have the tax Payers to thank for your electricity via the Tennessee Valley Authority.... I guarantee you when they went to do that in the 30s and 40s, they didn't spend years questioning if people WANTED and NEEDED electricity =).

reply to Simba7
Simba, you obviously missed the words known as "SARCASM". It was a satirical post making light of how we WASTE MONEY like it's NO ONE'S business......Humor has been lost on you.

reply to R4M0N
Right Wing Jackasses who Get us into Wars. Created 90 percent of the 10 trillion Deficit (6 Under Bush), and Gave out the First 700 Billion Stimulus...... Meet Left Wing Jackasses who Can't think of their own Ideas so simply reuse the BAD ONES from the right.

Easier Put.. Old boss meet new, same as the first.....It's politics. Nothing changes by party. Both simply suck.

reply to jc100
so since when does two wrongs make a right?