By Tom Wright

Recovery.gov is the White House web site designed to tell us just how successful the government bailout has been.  The problem is it is hard to believe what you read.  The site contains numerous errors including congressional districts listed which do not exist.  At first, the White House announced it was standing by the jobs saved or created with the stimulus dollars, despite what ABC News reported were blatant errors.  It took a day for a presidential advisor to issue a statement saying they were going to look into the site’s information. This is the same web site VP Joe Biden said cost $18 million to build and would be the best thing since lemonade. 

The Robert Woods Johnson Foundation reports on a Pew poll that claims 82 percent of Americans favor a health care reform bill if it will cover pre-existing conditions.  But when the Associated Press rephrases the question and gives a few more facts like covering pre-existing conditions will cost Americans more in premiums, those wanting health care reform dropped to 41 percent with 43 percent opposing. The analogy is, do you want to help me pay for my automobile or home mortgage;  then why health insurance?

You may call it spin or call it not telling the entire truth, but know the American public is waking up to the fraud being fed to us out of Washington.

Now come the Democrats in Congress, rushing to approve a $200 billion jobs-stimulus bill. Did they not see Japan’s stagnant economy remain so for ten years in spite of pouring in billions in stimulus money?  Did they not see the two year recovery from the Carter recession when Reagan reduced taxes and encouraged business expansion?

Decide what you believe works and tell your congressman.