So what’s our fiscally responsible federal government doing with all of those taxpayer-funded bailouts and on that shovel-ready stimulus plan? For what carefully considered use is OUR tax-payer money being used? Well … one fine example is the $18 million being spent to update a single government web site, Recovery.gov.
According to this very same site’s About page, it’s purpose is to serve as “a user-friendly, public-facing website to foster greater accountability and transparency in the use of covered funds.” And, according to this page on the site, the initial outlay for the update will be $9.5 million and the cost could total $17,948,518 over a period ending in January 2014. The work is to be done by Smartronix, based in Hollywood, Maryland.
If this irony of ludicrous government waste weren’t actually true, it could well be the topic for a hilarious prime time sitcom. Surely, the audience would be chortling, chucking, and snickering as they gleefully exclaimed that “no government would ever be that utterly devoid of fiscal competence”. Maybe some of those contracted web designers and researchers ARE laughing … all the way to the bank.
Yes; our government is spending $18 MILLION to show us that they can spend stimulus money … you know … wisely. Are you laughing yet?
Shovel-ready? Hmmm. You know there have to be some folks in our nation’s capital laughing at the sheer irony of that slogan … clearly, what they are shovelling onto we, the people, is male bovine excrement.
Don’t you know there have be web design firms all over the country right now chomping at the bit for some of this type action.
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