Oh boy, another research grant! This one is for another "energy and sustainability" project, a.k.a green energy and environmentalism.
These projects exist to do 2 things:
1. Create jobs for people who have no way to make a living in the Private Sector, and:
2. Furnish the government with more data which will translate into more restrictive laws to govern our lives.
Whether any meaningful jobs are even created by this malarkey is immaterial. Your government has decided, against your wishes, that spending millions on this is necessary (and a payback to the Environmental Lobby which donates to campaign war chests), and you are expected to foot the bill no matter how much it costs, and regardless of whether anything useful is accomplished.
Taken from the government website www.recovery.gov
Monday, September 3, 2012
Sunday, September 2, 2012
ACCO Engineering, Inc $8534269.00
Infrastructure, infrastructure infrastructure!
ACCO Engineering scores a lot of contracts.
Most of what YOUR 8 and a half million was spent on AIR CONDITIONING... guess we need to keep up with those newer modernized systems. Gotta be sure we keep those hard working underpaid government workers nice and comfortable, right?
The big question is... after you total up the millions spent on the upgrades, when will the savings realized from these newer systems pay for themselves, especially when funded with BORROWED money repaid at high interest?
Your 8 million dollar investment created a reported 79 jobs. Since it's for mostly for construction and renovation, not all those jobs were permanent. Hooray for expensive temporary jobs!
ACCO Engineering scores a lot of contracts.
Most of what YOUR 8 and a half million was spent on AIR CONDITIONING... guess we need to keep up with those newer modernized systems. Gotta be sure we keep those hard working underpaid government workers nice and comfortable, right?
The big question is... after you total up the millions spent on the upgrades, when will the savings realized from these newer systems pay for themselves, especially when funded with BORROWED money repaid at high interest?
Your 8 million dollar investment created a reported 79 jobs. Since it's for mostly for construction and renovation, not all those jobs were permanent. Hooray for expensive temporary jobs!
Monday, August 27, 2012
Acalanes Union High School District $3,538,849
For "support of education", grades K-12, plus preschool education services.
That means 3 and a half million for salaries and pensions.
I just love it when Obama saves government jobs.
That means 3 and a half million for salaries and pensions.
I just love it when Obama saves government jobs.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
ABC School District: $16,988,499
Located in Cerritos, which sits near the border of L.A. and Orange Counties, ABC Unified School District received almost 17 million in Stimulus bucks, despite the fact that California spends nearly half its 40 billion dollar general fund on education.
The majority of the money went to "supporting education", which means Administrators', teachers', and employee salaries and pensions.
80,000.00 went to "improving technology access" and communications (a.k.a. wiring schools for the internet... wait, I thought the Gore Tax on our cell phone bills was for that, what gives here?).
Almost 95 grand went to the Free Lunch Program.
This is all money YOU will pay back at 2 bucks for every buck borrowed, and most of it went to fund teachers that you or your kids will never meet.
The Government through its stupidity caused the Housing Crash of 2007. Schools are funded through property taxes, which are in decline. Well-paid government employees will not suffer, however, even as your home value slides into the gutter and you have to borrow from your pension to make ends meet.
Thanks, Teachers' Unions. We appreciate that.
The majority of the money went to "supporting education", which means Administrators', teachers', and employee salaries and pensions.
80,000.00 went to "improving technology access" and communications (a.k.a. wiring schools for the internet... wait, I thought the Gore Tax on our cell phone bills was for that, what gives here?).
Almost 95 grand went to the Free Lunch Program.
This is all money YOU will pay back at 2 bucks for every buck borrowed, and most of it went to fund teachers that you or your kids will never meet.
The Government through its stupidity caused the Housing Crash of 2007. Schools are funded through property taxes, which are in decline. Well-paid government employees will not suffer, however, even as your home value slides into the gutter and you have to borrow from your pension to make ends meet.
Thanks, Teachers' Unions. We appreciate that.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
ACCURATE ENGINEERING INTEGRATED CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC. $1,900,043
Accurate Engineering was contracted to build a solar panel installation at the Navy base in Coronado. The expected base output of the system would be at or near 200 kilowatts.
Unfortunately, the entire photovoltaic generation system could be replaced with a single wind turbine for half the cost of the solar system.
A petroleum powered generator capable of putting out 200 kilowatts costs about $50,000.00.
Yet the Environmental Left is madly in love with solar power, even though it's the most expensive per kilowatt. So what if we throw away borrowed taxpayers dollars? We're saving the earth, remember?
Unfortunately, the entire photovoltaic generation system could be replaced with a single wind turbine for half the cost of the solar system.
A petroleum powered generator capable of putting out 200 kilowatts costs about $50,000.00.
Yet the Environmental Left is madly in love with solar power, even though it's the most expensive per kilowatt. So what if we throw away borrowed taxpayers dollars? We're saving the earth, remember?
Friday, August 24, 2012
A-Ccord, Inc: $1,983,870
A-Ccord is a private company that specializes in training and retraining Utility workers (mainly in the electrical and natural gas utility fields). This particular award of Stimulus bucks is for upgrading the skill set of existing utility workers and possible new hires in "green" energy and conservation.
The grant is for up to 719 trainees, which places the cost at 2700 per pupil. There is no guarantee that this money will create OR save a single job.
What's particularly offensive about this is that the funding for these very specialized schools are lobbied for by Unions, namely, the Utility Workers AFL-CIO. They are applying for millions of dollars in grants all over the U.S. for training programs just like this one.
http://uwua.net/press-releases-2010/us-department-of-labor-awards-uwua-5-million-for-training-programs.html
Why is it that the AFL-CIO has millions to spend on lobbying in Washington, millions for buying TV ads against political opponents, but can't squeeze out one thin dime to fund training for their own members?
The sad fact is, most of this training isn't even for new applicants. It's for current employees to supposedly improve their skill sets.
Most people have to fund their own secondary or continuing education. Union labor considers itself exempt from the status quo.
So now, the unions will not only sock it to you through rising energy prices to support their gilded pensions and benefits packages, but they get to dip into the government trough to support their training, too!
Ain't unions just wonderful?
The grant is for up to 719 trainees, which places the cost at 2700 per pupil. There is no guarantee that this money will create OR save a single job.
What's particularly offensive about this is that the funding for these very specialized schools are lobbied for by Unions, namely, the Utility Workers AFL-CIO. They are applying for millions of dollars in grants all over the U.S. for training programs just like this one.
http://uwua.net/press-releases-2010/us-department-of-labor-awards-uwua-5-million-for-training-programs.html
Why is it that the AFL-CIO has millions to spend on lobbying in Washington, millions for buying TV ads against political opponents, but can't squeeze out one thin dime to fund training for their own members?
The sad fact is, most of this training isn't even for new applicants. It's for current employees to supposedly improve their skill sets.
Most people have to fund their own secondary or continuing education. Union labor considers itself exempt from the status quo.
So now, the unions will not only sock it to you through rising energy prices to support their gilded pensions and benefits packages, but they get to dip into the government trough to support their training, too!
Ain't unions just wonderful?
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Golden Gate Associates, L.P. $54,305902.00
http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecoveryData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIdSur=22193
http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecoveryData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIdSur=88421
Golden Gate Associates has been awarded over $324,000,000.00 for low-cost housing projects all over California. Homeowners willing to rent their units to Section 8 recipients can get their properties renovated and repaired, plus receive additional kickbacks from the government (YOU) to compensate for the shortage that Section 8 rent payments cause in relation to market rates or home values.
Basically, the government pays the homeowner more than they collect from the tenant in order to get a property owner to make their unit available.
In other words, if you're familiar with that classic movie, "It's A Wonderful Life", this is government subsidized Potterville.
This probably helps explain the run on reposessed houses being purchased for cash at way below market value. The government will then fix the place, and pay you a nice monthly check. Such a deal. And WE get to foot the bill now with Stimulus funds, paid back with interest.
However, this award does create some contruction and admin jobs, approximately 486 over the last several years. I would imagine most of the jobs are temporary.
Golden Gate Associates was also awarded a project to convert a San Diego YMCA to a 172 room housing unit for the "chronically homeless". That means a hotel for alcoholics and drug addicts. This, I assume, is to free up space in the existing facility for the chronically homeless, commonly referred to as "jail".
http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/RecoveryData/Pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIdSur=88421
Golden Gate Associates has been awarded over $324,000,000.00 for low-cost housing projects all over California. Homeowners willing to rent their units to Section 8 recipients can get their properties renovated and repaired, plus receive additional kickbacks from the government (YOU) to compensate for the shortage that Section 8 rent payments cause in relation to market rates or home values.
Basically, the government pays the homeowner more than they collect from the tenant in order to get a property owner to make their unit available.
In other words, if you're familiar with that classic movie, "It's A Wonderful Life", this is government subsidized Potterville.
This probably helps explain the run on reposessed houses being purchased for cash at way below market value. The government will then fix the place, and pay you a nice monthly check. Such a deal. And WE get to foot the bill now with Stimulus funds, paid back with interest.
However, this award does create some contruction and admin jobs, approximately 486 over the last several years. I would imagine most of the jobs are temporary.
Golden Gate Associates was also awarded a project to convert a San Diego YMCA to a 172 room housing unit for the "chronically homeless". That means a hotel for alcoholics and drug addicts. This, I assume, is to free up space in the existing facility for the chronically homeless, commonly referred to as "jail".
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