And they squandered the rest...
Posted on 03/23/2022 10:48:05 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to a sudden $140 million cash infusion, officials in Broward County, Florida, recently broke ground on a high-end hotel that will have views of the Atlantic Ocean and an 11,000-square-foot spa.
In New York, Dutchess County pledged $12 million for renovations of a minor league baseball stadium to meet requirements the New York Yankees set for their farm teams.
And in Massachusetts, lawmakers delivered $5 million to pay off debts of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate in Boston, a nonprofit established to honor the late senator that has struggled financially.
The three distinctly different outlays have one thing in common: Each is among the dozens of projects that state and local governments across the United States are funding with federal coronavirus relief money despite having little to do with combating the pandemic, a review by The Associated Press has found.
The expenditures amount to a fraction of the $350 billion made available through last year’s American Rescue Plan to help state and local governments weather the crisis. But they are examples of uses of the aid that are inconsistent with the rationale that Democrats offered for the record $1.9 trillion bill: The cash was desperately needed to save jobs, help those in distress, open schools and increase vaccinations.
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Shocked I am to find anything linked to Teddy The Swimmer associated with corruption...
isnt broward county predom democrat? same for boston and NY?
And they squandered the rest...
Easy money looking for a place to land, not good ideas looking for money.
And Schumer wants to spend more.
The government has too much money, which is why they can afford to waste it. We really need to reduce taxes, start with 20% of everyone’s tax bill and go from there.
Super Slush Fund
I remember when hotels were built by private money.
Truth.
And not one person is surprised. Angry but not surprised.
Here in NY, the State Thruway Authority is getting paid by the Feds to tear-down all the thruway rest-stop/bathroom/restaurant buildings, which were perfectly fine, and rebuild new ones.
You gotta make them LBGQ-whatever compatible.
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