The automakers might disagree…
January 29th, 2009 | Congress Economic Stimulus Fleet Management | Posted by Gregg Carlstrom
On ABC World News last night, reporter Jonathan Karl said this about the stimulus package:
But Republicans say the bill is filled with old-fashioned big-government spending that won’t stimulate the economy. For example, $335 million for sexually transmitted disease prevention, $600 million to buy new cars for government employees, and $1 billion to follow up on the 2010 Census, which, of course, hasn’t happened yet.
You can argue that $1 billion for the 2010 Census isn’t stimulative. We’ll buy that. But do some Congressmen really believe spending $600 million to upgrade the federal fleet (read: buying new cars) won’t help the economy?
The automakers might beg to differ.
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