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Obama: "there is no such thing as shovel-ready projects" Huh?
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<blockquote data-quote="clueless" data-source="post: 777010" data-attributes="member: 15572"><p>His past statements and those of his administration:</p><p></p><p><em>12/08/08, USA TODAY - “The president-elect declined to say Sunday how much his economic stimulus plan would cost. Obama called it the largest public-works program since the creation of the interstate highway system in the 1950s.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“The plan includes spending on what Obama called<strong> ‘shovel-ready’ projects </strong>to rebuild roads, make buildings energy efficient, modernize schools and upgrade hospital technology.”</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>12/10/08, NPR – “Mr. Obama maintains states have <strong>projects that are ‘shovel ready.’ </strong>The Missouri Department of Transportation says with federal money, it could start $510 million of highway and other construction projects within six months.”</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>12/23/08, Renewable Energy World – “When the President-elect recently met with the nation's governors, they told him the states have $136 billion worth of road, bridge, water and other projects <strong>‘shovel ready’</strong> to go as soon as money becomes available.”</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>WiseConservatism.com compiled more examples of Obama’s claims of “shovel-ready” projects while pitching and defending the Stimulus spending.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“’When I met with the governors, all of them have <strong>projects that are shovel-ready’”</strong> – Barack Obama</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“Also in December of 2008, he said, ‘My economic team … is helping to shape what is going to be a bold agenda to create 2.5 million new jobs, to start helping states and local governments with <strong>shovel-ready projects’.</strong></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“In March of 2009, Biden spoke about the global economic crisis at the Progressive Governance Conference in Chile. He said, ‘The Recovery Act … provides a necessary jolt to our economy to implement what we refer [to] as <strong>“shovel-ready” projects.</strong>’ Three months later, Biden told Californians that the administration wants ‘to get <strong>shovel-ready projects </strong>out the door as quickly as we can.’</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“There is more folks. February of 2009, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said, ‘With wise investments in<strong> shovel-ready </strong>conservation <strong>projects </strong>across the country, we can immediately put people back to work’.”</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="clueless, post: 777010, member: 15572"] His past statements and those of his administration: [I]12/08/08, USA TODAY - “The president-elect declined to say Sunday how much his economic stimulus plan would cost. Obama called it the largest public-works program since the creation of the interstate highway system in the 1950s. “The plan includes spending on what Obama called[B] ‘shovel-ready’ projects [/B]to rebuild roads, make buildings energy efficient, modernize schools and upgrade hospital technology.” 12/10/08, NPR – “Mr. Obama maintains states have [B]projects that are ‘shovel ready.’ [/B]The Missouri Department of Transportation says with federal money, it could start $510 million of highway and other construction projects within six months.” 12/23/08, Renewable Energy World – “When the President-elect recently met with the nation's governors, they told him the states have $136 billion worth of road, bridge, water and other projects [B]‘shovel ready’[/B] to go as soon as money becomes available.” WiseConservatism.com compiled more examples of Obama’s claims of “shovel-ready” projects while pitching and defending the Stimulus spending. “’When I met with the governors, all of them have [B]projects that are shovel-ready’”[/B] – Barack Obama “Also in December of 2008, he said, ‘My economic team … is helping to shape what is going to be a bold agenda to create 2.5 million new jobs, to start helping states and local governments with [B]shovel-ready projects’.[/B] “In March of 2009, Biden spoke about the global economic crisis at the Progressive Governance Conference in Chile. He said, ‘The Recovery Act … provides a necessary jolt to our economy to implement what we refer [to] as [B]“shovel-ready” projects.[/B]’ Three months later, Biden told Californians that the administration wants ‘to get [B]shovel-ready projects [/B]out the door as quickly as we can.’ “There is more folks. February of 2009, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said, ‘With wise investments in[B] shovel-ready [/B]conservation [B]projects [/B]across the country, we can immediately put people back to work’.”[/I] [/QUOTE]
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