Has the Stimulus been Properly Stimulating?
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Putting aside the growing unemployment numbers—something that the federal stimulus package was supposed to curtail with new job growth—there are new concerns that stimulus dollars have not been spent the way they were intended by the Obama Administration and Congress. The GAO says that states haven’t been using the funds as intended and the political mud is starting to fly. Have we been properly stimulated?
Guests:
Chris Mihm, Government Accountability Office managing director of strategic issues, directing the GAO’s stimulus oversight
Laura Chick, Inspector General of California’s economic stimulus package
- Patt Morrison for Thursday, July 9, 2009
- Has the Stimulus been Properly Stimulating?
- Medi-Cal Millions Defrauded
- U.S. Nuns under Scrutiny, Not Happy
- Sherman Nuys or Van Oaks? The Valley’s Controversial Name Change
- Nevermore, Forevermore
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Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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