Posted on 09/02/2009 1:13:25 PM PDT by fujimoh
Someone made an interesting point about "Shevel-ready" in Massachusetts: "In Massachusetts, "Shovel-ready" may refer to dead motorists" (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2330631/posts?page=1).
Could it be that Shovel-Ready means burying the dead from swine flu?
Just a morbid thought because we have not seen ANY of the so called Shovel-Ready projects Obama and Biden boasted about.
Some Freeper said that Michael Jackson was a shovel-ready project, lol but that’s the only one I know of.
Get ready the shovel ready projects for gravediggers! There’s your health care! Dig!
The converse: Not-shovel-ready means any length of highway that has potholes, cracks, deterioration and in need of desperate repair.
Last week my answer to this question would have been Ted Kennedy
Ugh.. you folks can be pretty bad at times!
I guess I get to be the first serious answer - shovel-ready means that it is a project that is ready to begin, only lacking the funding.
An example - say a state were looking at building a bypass around a city. This takes lots of time, with property studies, environmental impact studies, hearings, etc. That would not qualify as “shovel-ready” unless all of that pre-work were done, and the project was ready to begin.
Re-paving of existing streets/highways would almost always qualify as “shovel-ready” because all that is lacking is the funding to sign a contract. No new permits/hearings/studies/etc. are generally necessary.
A school district that has already had plans drawn up for a new building, on property they already own, but are just looking for funding methods would likely qualify.
Most of the things that Biden and Barry say are shovel-ready.
When was the last time anybody saw a politician who wasn’t ready to shovel money?
“What Is “Shovel-ready”?”
All the sh*t coming out of Washington.
LMAO ... project complete!
“shovel ready” means just take throw money at useless projects instead of building dams, nuclear plants, natural gas pipelines, etc that will make a difference to the entire economy.
In Mass. Ted Kennedy is shovel ready.
Inside sealed envelope: "What is shovel-ready?"
Holy crap! That is so good it’s bad. LMAO
Shovel ready projects are surfacing in places like Brazil and Spain. More election payoffs.!!!!
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