He's about to get very, VERY popular. NJ gets over $17B from Obama's stimulus.
News reports say Dems Corzine, Lautenberg and Menendez briefed 700 muni and county officials about getting their share. Corzine set up a task force to monitor distribution; a Web site provides technical assistance for munis seeking funds. Cunning strategy----minority areas get blanketed with stimulus to reelect Dems.
$2.6B Medicaid assistance,
$1.3B "fiscal stabilization,"
$651M highway infrastructure,
$524M mass transit,
$279M Title I grants,
$200M clean water programs,
$121M "weatherization" assistance,
$101M public housing,
$56M workforce development.
$34M child care development, and,
$27M community development block grants.
Stimulus is a sleazy Dem re/election gravy train. No one outside The Democrat Machine gets stiumulus.
You know what? You provide an excellent detailed list but I think it’s failing is clear when you read it and what you know about the stimpuke.
There is not going to be any impact from this stuff that people will step back with appreciation to the State and say I too am a statist now. I will vote to continue the power of the State and Corzine.
In fact, much of this stuff won’t even begin to have any impact until next year.
Then when that happens, you will have a new gov looking at how to more effectively use those funds.
That person will get “credit” of course where none is due but there it is.
Menendez will mobilize the machine and Corzine will be crying that it isn’t enough.
I will toast to his defeat. In fact i will have several.