Alleged Journalist Andrea Mitchell Gets Schooled by John Sununu

The stimulus and other Obama policies created jobs or sent money to Finland, New Zealand, Indonesia, India, Mexico, Germany, Australia, Switzerland, China, Denmark, South Korea, the Dominican Republic, Thailand, Vietnam, Italy, Russia, Luxembourg, El Salvador, Great Britain, Spain, Japan, and France. Obama calls this "insourcing".

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Charity, Church, Stimulus Bill, Faith Based Initiative- An Unholy Alliance Between Church and State

GW Bush began the faith based initiative and I was dubious that it was a good idea. I’ve come to the conclusion it must be banned. Remove the legislation. We must not let the government have any say, none, in how religious institutions take care of people. Money from the government comes with strings. The strings are connected to hellish legislation, rules and controls.

Those create corruption. We don’t want secular State corruption infecting the Church. Some of the (non) “stimulus” money went to churches; they took it for themselves and not for charity works.  Castleton United Methodist Church in Indianapolis got “stimulus” and “faith based” money and bought a new heating and cooling system for their church. The Church of St. Laurence O'Toole in Laramie, WY, bought new windows for a school it runs. About $140 million has gone to religious organizations that can be accounted for.

Catholic Charities USA has received about $50 million so far. According to Recovery.gov, Catholic organizations and churches have received about $90 million, Protestant organizations and churches about $45 million, and Jewish synagogues and organizations about $6 million. Do any of these organizations think the government putting taxpayer money in will not come back to bite them?

There still are some conservatives saying, as they did when faith based legislation was introduced, they are afraid there would be religious discrimination that would send money to secular charities in disproportionate amounts. Not an issue. Religious organizations do get an equal share, and secular governmental controls come with it. That’s a threat to freedom of religion.

Some rules: If getting government dollars religious organizations may not force recipients to participate in explicit religious activity. I thought one of the primary missions of the Church was to introduce and bring people to God. If one teaches and talks about God, Christ, the Church, it must be done separately from the charity service. I’m sure there are other rules sitting quietly on the guidelines for more government control in the future. The only religious leaders I’m finding supporting all this are Liberals. This is a scary day when I have to agree with the Statist, Secularist, anti Christian bigot leader of  Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, Barry Lynn, though for different reasons. He’s anti religion (even though he claims to be a minister) and pro government, and is against this because it violates his separation of Church and State misunderstanding.

I’m against the Faith Based Initiative and using “stimulus” money in religious organizations because the government will use it to control. A lot of the money from this is being funneled through various government environmental agencies for “green projects”; weather proofing churches and community environmental programs. What does this have to do with reaching out to the poor, to prisoners, the sick and dying? Nothing, except to get religious organizations to do the bidding of the State.

We get tax free status from the government. That should be the financial basis, along with tithing, for charitable works. Billions of dollars here at home and abroad help billions of the suffering. Anytime government gets involved we will get all the controls and corruption that comes with it. We have enough sin in our own house to deal with; we don’t need government intervention to exacerbate that reality. 

Where'd the Stimulus Money Go Anyway?

The Stimulus Package. It stimulated government just fine. There’s been a 20% increase in the size of government since Obama assumed power.

Where’d it go? It was supposed to go to the private sector to create jobs. Seen any new private sector jobs lately?

A huge chunk, most, went to education. You know, those union people that don’t teach our kids and whine they don’t get enough money for schools and salaries.  More than two thirds of the 594,754.3 jobs the Dems and RHINO’s take credit for, were in the education sector. There are more public sector union members than there are private sector. A third of those jobs are in education.

Stimulus money got some fat pay raises for government employees too. USA Today: “The number of federal workers earning six-figure salaries has exploded.”  “When the recession started, the Transportation Department had only one person earning a salary of $170,000 or more. Eighteen months later, 1,690 employees had salaries above $170,000.” Just a couple examples.

There was the “Cash for Clunkers” that blew through a billion dollars funding in a week, and then received an additional two billion from Congress. Three $billion spent for old cars by taxpayers, and no more cars were sold for the year than ordinarily. The rest of us couldn’t afford new cars because we’re paying for all that government largess for others to buy new cars. Then there was that issue too of Obama and the Dems closing down all those car dealerships; all but one of them being owned by Republicans.

So the package only benefited government employees, Democrat car dealership owners, unions and the Democrat Party. That money going to the unions by the way, your tax money, was used to finance Democrat politicians running for office in the last election. The circle of Statist life…take money from the citizens and give it to public union supporters to pay for your election so you can raise more taxes to give to the unions to pay off your political campaigns and life styles so you can raise more taxes to give more money to the unions to….

The collective personal wealth of congressional members increased by more than 16 percent between 2008 and 2009. Members of the House saw their median wealth move from $765,010 in 2008, to $645,503 in 2009 and Senators moved from $2.27 million to $2.38 million.

Looks like politicians, some Wall Street fat cats, government bureaucrats, and public sector union members did just fine with the stimulus package. Our Leftist friends think all this is fine and dandy. The citizens don't need none of their stinkin' money they earned. The money you earn belongs to the government in the first place, and they'll tell you how much of it you get to keep. 

What Exactly Has the Stimulus Package Stimulated?

The Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that stimulus funds have contributed to increasing state and local government expenditures, which are up 4.8% in the second quarter. Because states run by Statists (Dems and RINO's) have bankrupted their states, federal stimulus money has topped the income that is supposed to be generated by sales and property taxes. That of course means that most of the federal money is going to Democrats, while the Obama administration made sure he was shutting down car dealerships (turns out most dealership owners were Republican) and stressing other small business, hurting local economies. Federal money has helped cover for reduced state and local revenues by adding 7.5%, covering an 8% drop in tax collections. States run by conservatives are stressed but dealing with it, or improving; so not getting, or are refusing, federal money.

Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that state and local governments added 12,000 workers, a 0.1% increase, in the second quarter. The private sector cut 1.3 million jobs, a 1.2% reduction. Federal employment stayed where it was.

Bureau of Labor Statistics also reports pay and benefits rose at a 4% annual rate in the second quarter for state and local employees. Not so much for the private sector. They have experienced an 0.8% annual rate.

The Statists are saying that a 1% decline of the GDP in the second quarter is better than the 6.4% drop in the first quarter. See? The stimulus is working! Business is getting smaller, the government is getting bigger and better paid. Obama says, 'I love it when a plan comes together!'

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Get Stimulus Money to Stimulate

Ah yes, the stimulus package, Porkulas I. Supposed to stimulate the economy, which it hasn't; but part of the money is going to stimulate something. It's going to support "Thundercrack! "the world's only underground kinky art porno horror film, complete with four men, three women and a gorilla." Of course the "gay and lesbian film house," which showed "Thundercrack!" will get some stimulus bucks. Gotta support the "arts" don't ya know.

There is money going to support museums, orchestras, and the like; but tell me again how even this gins up the American Economic Engine? They are producing what, or providing what service?

Let's see, how else can we jump start the economy (six months later with no results so far)? Ah, here you go; San Francisco's CounterPULSE, has a "long-running pansexual performance series", and they invite you to "join your fellow pervs for some explicit, twisted fun." The name of this rollicking fun time, supported by printed or borrowed tax money, is called "Perverts Put Out".

NEA spokeswoman Victoria Hutter: "Our review process is very comprehensive — we take great care with applicants and with grantees." "It's a thorough, rigorous process that they all go through, and we're proud of the projects that we've been able to support."

So lets all take our kids to see the government supported "The Symmetry Project", which apparently Ms Hutter approves of, of a dance piece by choreographer Jess Curtis. The show depicts "the sharing of a central axis, [as] spine, mouth, genitals, face, and anus reveal their interconnectedness and centrality in embodied experience." I even have a hard time reading that!

I guess in the name of consistency this would be a parenting suggestion from a “well-trained and competent staff” member visiting your home under Section 440 of the ObamaCare bill. Maybe the competent staff member can get you a free pass to "The Symmetry Project"! It's government sponsored, just like the government visitors to your home to ensure you are using the latest cognitive, language, social, emotional, and motor domains…modeling, consulting, and coaching on parenting practices; [and] skills to raise your child.