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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

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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