How to spend $18 Million.

If it wasn't bad enough to print an extra $750 billion or so dollars and forcibly put it into circulation, now we are finding that not only is the stimulus not working like it was advertised, but that unemployment continues to rise. But it's alright, the president knows what he is doing. I don't like the idea that somehow, when someone is elected to office that he suddenly knows how to fix things. I find the idea ridiculous. A politician, buy his very nature, does not know how to run a business. All a politician knows how to do is get elected and make promises to people that will eitherhelp him get re-elected or line his pockets with more cash. This has never been more true than with the current stimulus package that is supposed to help get our country outof its economic doldrums. First, thepresident puts his number 2 man in charge of the stimulus and making sure that it is being spent in a responsible and efficient manner. Of course, Joe Biden cannot remember the website 'number.' That should have sent a wave of fear throught the hearts of anyone watching the video. Now we find out that the website wasn't doing what they wanted it to do and have decided to spend $18 MILLION re-vamping it.
http://www.760kfmb.com/Global/story.asp?S=10669541
Government mentality, at it finest. Some might say that $18 mil is a dropinthe bucket, but I will say that $18 million would- could- provide about 500 people $36,000 per year. Or, since the website is a five year contract, $18million might give 100 people a $36,000 per year job for the next five years. Since when does a website cost $18 million to re-vamp? This is waste. pure and simple. More waste? Here ya go:
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread481669/pg1
Why is it that our government thinks it can spend its way out of a recession? Even if it were possible, it seems that the only jobs being created by this stimulus package thus far are the sign makers and the website re-vampers. The rest of us are just going to have to wait, I guess.