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Some States Realize "Stimulus" Signs are Waste of Money
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 1:48 PM
No kidding - and we and others have said it before. Now the New York Times reports that Georgia just became the latest of at least half a dozen states to forego the taxpayer-dollar-financed advertisements for the trillion dollar spending and debt package. The reasoning to forego the signs in Georgia, where the average cost for the signs is $1,200:
“The more we reflected on it, the more we realized they were absolutely right: it’s not the best use of the money,” said Mr. Spear, who added that the decision would save tens of thousands of dollars that could be spent on more construction work.
While the Federal Highway Administration did not require the use of the signs, they did strongly encourage it.
We're glad Georgia has realized that this is poor use of taxpayer dollars, but are quite frankly disappointed that (at least by the Times's account) the number of states coming to terms with reality is so low.
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