Ok, there was a story in the paper this morning that has to have mention. It seems that all along the roads of our country signs are popping up—government signs, mind you—that are making sure that taxpayers know that this project or that improvement is being done with stimulus funds given by the government. Sadly, some bureaucrat was actually wheeled out to make comments on how this was an established practice and how this was informative. Bunk! This is what the government always does when it inserts itself in areas where it should not be. Taxpayers were asking questions about whether stimulus money should be spent on signs to advertise how the stimulus money was being spent. It would seem that this money could be saved (or given to the poor or jobless). Politicians are consistently thinking about one thing—nay two: their own popularity and how they can get re-elected. Remember, the stimulus is all about jobs, but the first jobs that politicians are typically interested in are their own. Here is the story in its totality:
