Stimulus paying for 'pork'?

amfix.blogs.cnn.com ^ | Jan 26th 2010 | Laura Dolan and Christine Romans

[frogjerk]

Pork: It's what's for dinner. Remember that well-known advertisement on television? Thanks to the stimulus package, it's now true for millions of Americans.

One hundred million dollars of stimulus money is filling the plates of struggling Americans, like Robert Carlucci from rural Franklin, North Carolina. --snip-- The federal government doled out big contracts to well-known companies to make food for these pantries...quickly.

DelMonte received nearly nine million dollars to make canned peaches.

Jennie-O Turkey received seven million dollars to process turkey.

Wisconsin-based Lakeside Foods got the largest share of stimulus money, more than 21 million dollars. Most of it went to make nearly ten million pounds of canned pork. A smaller amount of the money was used to make canned beef.

In all, the 100 million dollars given to these food companies created 195 new jobs.

[frogjerk]

In all, the 100 million dollars given to these food companies created 195 new jobs.

Well, that was worth it, wasn't it?

[freespirited]

A bargain at twice the price.

[T-Bird45]

FTA: Pork: It’s what’s for dinner. Remember that well-known advertisement on television?

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It was the Beef Council with that ad campaign. Pork was The Other White Meat.

[frogjerk]

FTA: Pork: It’s what’s for dinner. Remember that well-known advertisement on television?

It was the Beef Council with that ad campaign. Pork was The Other White Meat.

CNN is really on top of things aren't they?

[Sister_T]

You spotted that too? Shows how much they know, eh?

[gardencatz]

Oh, I get it...the hope was for us peons, the “change” goes to big corporations, banks, government agencies, etc.

Cindie

[so_real]

In all, the 100 million dollars given to these food companies created 195 new jobs.

That's $512,820.51 per employee added. What an embarrassing waste of tax payer money. Every small business owner whose company survives on a half million a year with half-a-dozen employees to support is shaking his head in disbelief.

[Cyber Liberty]

Stimulus paying for 'pork'?

This goes into today's "Well, Duh" file, based on the title alone.

[WOBBLY BOB]

if we who actually pay taxes got all the gubermint we pay for, we’d each have a personal buttwiper.

[T-Bird45]

As a dedicated consumer of well-prepared pig and cow parts, I am sensitive to media accuracy in such things...LOL!

Have a great FReepin’ day — I’m headed off to lay in supplies for the ice and snowstorm headed our way on Thursday.