$ 423,500 in Obama stimulus funding went to study proper condom use at Indiana University. The project created no jobs. The money is gone. The Weekly Standard reported: The details of a stimulus grant awarded to Indiana University to study condom use have now been released on a government website. The study, titled “Barriers to… Read more »
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Surprise: Stimulus program on ‘correct condom use’ created zero jobs
Alas, I had such high hopes. How could a project studying “the role of cognitive and affective factors and condom skills” not effectively create gainful employment? Via the Weekly Standard: The details of a stimulus grant awarded to Indiana University to study condom use have now been released on a government website. The study, titled… Read more »
Japan Unveils Record $1.4 Trillion Stimulus
After two decades of stagnation Japan announced today it would unleash a $ 1.4 trillion stimulus into the economy. Reuters reported: The Bank of Japan unleashed the world’s most intense burst of monetary stimulus on Thursday, promising to inject about $ 1.4 trillion into the economy in less than two years, a radical gamble that… Read more »
Obama promotes latest infrastructure stimulus proposal by offering up plenty of bricks at Easter Egg Roll shootaround
**Written by Doug Powers We’re often told that President Obama is a good basketball player, so that must mean this performance was instead designed to promote the administration’s $ 21 billion stimulus proposal for infrastructure. After all, when you’re trying to get everybody on board your latest plan re-build America from the ground up, get… Read more »