Posted on 08/09/2010 9:49:49 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
What was it that Democrat President Barack Obama told us about the stimulus? Oh, yeah that it would "save or create" American jobs. Seems like a good idea, right? So what happened in Ohio when Democrat Governor Ted Strickland got his mitts on some of Obama's stimulus cash? Why he gave it to a company to fund a call center that is operating out of El Salvador, Central America, of course.
Jobs for Americans? Heck no, jobs for El Salvadorans! And why? Because it was a good deal, you see?
Earlier this year Governor Strickland's Department of Development awarded a $171,300 contract to a company named Parago. This company was hired by the state to operate a call center that Ohio residents can call to take advantage of a rebate program that the state set up so that Buckeyes could buy new household appliances and get a little sumpthin’ back.
Apparently everything was going wonderfully for most of this year until one Ohio resident happened to ask one of the El Salvadoran phone jockeys where the call center was at which they were taking the calls. When the Buckeye was told Central America, said resident became incensed that federal "stimulus" money was going to fund jobs in El Salvador instead of in the United States -- like Obama promised it would...
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
Heck, Michelle just outsourced her vacation to Spain.
Stimulus was all political payoffs, nothing more.
Hey! Obummer is using it to secure the border. At least it keeps them from coming here n lookin for work! ha!
“What was it that Democrat President Barack Obama told us about the stimulus? Oh, yeah that it would “save or create” American jobs.”
Related:
GM announces major investment in auto plant (in Mexico)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2566864/posts
“Seems like a good idea, right?”
No.
Uh, apparently you are unable to detect sarcasm. “It seems like a good idea, right?” was sarcasm.
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