It’s hidden deep on page B1 of the Philadelphia Inquirer and barely recognizable in the shroud of a local opinion column, but the facts are there. Philadelphia, one of the Northeast bastions of liberal politics and appointed research laboratory for all that Obamanation stands for, demonstrates the waste and inefficiency of the so-called stimulus money, provided and funded, by the taxpayer’s hard earned money. Under the superb and brilliant leadership of slick Eddie (Democrat Ed Rendell former mayor of Philadelphia and now Governor) Pennsylvania ranks 50th in creating new jobs from the $787 billion federal stimulus program. We have an unemployment rate of 8.8%. As Karen Heller (local columnist) puts it, “the stimulus was supposed to be manna from heaven. Instead, it has revealed the divine incompetence in City Hall.” Guess which political party (which also happens to worship at the altar of unions) and political philosophy has provided oversight, strategy and vision for Philadelphia since time began? Karen Heller attributes this failure to the citizen’s “low expectations.” Well. It’s also due to the false belief that government can solve our economic problems by taxing more and spending more.
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