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  • From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Irony and Frustration
  • Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:27:15 -0400

The jobs 'created' are mostly temporary. There is a LOT of roadwork going on around here; half the streets in town are closed for work, they've put in curb cuts at every corner, and a bridge is being replaced, just in my little town. I don't know if it's stimulus money (no signs). What happens when the work is done? The workers will all be back competing with me for minimum wage jobs.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA
----- Original Message ----- From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Irony and Frustration


Speaking of numbers, as unemployment continues to rise, yesterday, I saw
on TV news that the Obama administration, in the first nine months has
now "created or saved 1 million jobs" Wow.

Yesterday, I had occasion to travel an hour south of here to go to the
doctor. I go every three months, traveling down US 41 to Cartersville.
Just before I get to C'ville, I saw two, new, very large
signs-interstate sized and this is a simple divided highway, that state
something to the effect of 'Road improvements thanks to the American
Recovery and Re-Investment Act of 2009' Then, another mile down the
road, were two additional new speed limit signs with the orange
construction zone stripe on it. Then, two miles after I saw the first
sign, I finally saw some road construction-they had repaved a turn lane
that leads to an overpass to Hwy 411 going to Rome. I continued down
Hwy 41 for maybe another 7 or 8 miles and never saw any other
construction. I just kept wondering how much they spent on the signs vs
how much they spent repaving that lane for 500 feet. This is crazy. In
this state, prison workers make a lot of signs, so I wonder now if
prison workers fall in the 'jobs created or saved' count.

I heard a few weeks back that the process that determined which
states/communities received checks for projects was highly political. I
thought it was noteworthy that the Hartsfield Jackson airport, arguably
the busiest in the world(HJ and O'Hare swap honors every year or so) is
supposed to eventually get 14 million bucks, while Ouzinke, Alaska will
get 15 million... Now, my brother in law spent a few years on Ouzinke
when he was a Russian Orthodox monk. The monastery is there, and maybe
150 local tribesmen. WTF?

Sorry to be so pessimistic, but I am seriously frustrated with the way
things are presented in this country. What I hear on the news and what
I see with my own eyes aren't matching up.

Bev



DSanner106 AT aol.com wrote:
The problem seems to lie in the numbers, as he quoted 46 million
uninsured that would be helped, and the talking heads stated that
there are 35 million americans uninsured and 11 million illegals.

--
Sleep well tonight, for somewhere in the ocean's depths, MY son is
protecting your freedom on the USS Key West, currently deployed
somewhere in the Pacific and/or Indian Ocean. Go Navy!
EarthNSky Farm, NW Georgia, USA

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