[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17661]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA SIGNS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, if there's one thing the Feds are 
really good at, it's wasting money. And thanks to the so-called 
stimulus bill, there are billions of citizen dollars floating around 
loose being blown by the wasteacrats.
  In a report released last week by the Government Accountability 
Office, we found out that the money is not being used to create 
permanent jobs in the private sector as it was intended. It's actually 
being used to pay for overspending in State budgets and expand 
government bureaucracy.
  In some States, Mr. Speaker, they're erecting signs to try to 
convince people that the government stimulus boondoggle is a success. 
Here's one of those signs. This sign is being posted where no 
construction has actually started--and the signs cost $2,000 in 
Pennsylvania and New York. New Jersey pays $3,000 for a sign like this. 
Who's making these signs--Michelangelo?
  When Big Government is in charge of the job creation business instead 
of private industry, it's easier to create million-dollar public 
relations propaganda signs than it is to create real jobs.
  And that's just the way it is.

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