More Responsibly Than Ever

Those were words used by President Obama recently in speaking of his federal stimulus program.

Prior to that Vice President Biden was more on the mark when he said...

"We know some of this money is going to be wasted."

"There are going to be mistakes made"

"Some people are being scammed already."

One expert concurs and believes fraud and theft losses could reach about $50 billion.

Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has highlighted projects he views as questionable stimulus spending...

Road signs costing $300 each, being placed at construction sites to alert motorists that the project is being paid for by the stimulus money.

Gotta love those "your tax dollars at work" signs, especially when you never see any work being done and the scientific community is united in that fact.

Montana's state-run liquor warehouse, to receive $2.2 Million in stimulus cash to install skylights.

$50M in stimulus will help fish farmers buy feed.

We previously mentioned, Cincinnati is popping for a program to prevent teen pregnancy and violence.

Finally, there's $84 million to build a web site that won't be usable until October to track stimulus spending.