Letters Reveal Eric Cantor Begged For Obama Stimulus Money To Create Jobs

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.politicususa.com/en/eric-cantor-begged-obama-stimulus

Among the Tea Partiers Newsweek uncovered begging for federal dollars, one name stood out. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor requested tens of millions of federal stimulus dollars to create jobs in his district.

During a March 1, 2009 appearance on ABC’s This Week, Rep. Cantor said that the government can’t create jobs, “And what we see in this budget, frankly, is an attempt, again, to try and stimulate the economy through government expenditure. And, you know, at best what that can do is redistribute wealth. It can’t create jobs; it can’t create wealth. We’ve got to get back to focusing on job creation and creating prosperity.”

Newsweek has uncovered letters that show Rep. Cantor requesting hundreds of millions of stimulus dollars for his district at the same time; he was publicly claiming that government can’t create jobs.

Just a month after going on ABC and claiming that the government can’t create jobs, Cantor sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to request almost $75 million in federal stimulus funds for the I-95 high speed rail project. Cantor along with Rep. Bobby Scott wrote that, “High speed rail provides a sensible and viable solution to our region’s transportation challenges. It is estimated that creating a high speed railway through Virginia will generate as many as 185,500 jobs, as much as $21.2 billion in economic development, and put nearly 6.5 million cars off the road annually.”

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[SpiralHawk]

1. Mitty = Typical Republicon hypocrite

Americans are so sick of Republicon hypocrisy. It is their freaking core Republicon Family Value.

[indepat]

7. Agreed, yet, perhaps 80% -90% of those traditionally voting Republican are caused

great harm by doing so. Tis a puzzlement, a riddle in a mystery wrapped in an enigma, a disconnect, a mental vacuum devoid of critical thinking. :shrug: :patriot:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Who'd a thunk it?

Another Republican Hypocrite!

:eyes:

[silverweb]

3. BWAHAHAHA!

I just love it when the two-faced hypocrites are exposed!
Can't wait to see what Olbermann, Maddow, and Stewart do with this! :rofl:

[spanone]

4. remember jindal?

Jindal takes credit for stimulus, presents constituents with jumbo-sized stimulus check.




Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) reemerged on the national stage yesterday, penning an op-ed in the Politico to slam efforts to reform health care and declaring the Economic Recovery Act a failure. Jindal declared the Recovery Act “a nearly trillion-dollar stimulus that has not stimulated.” However, less than 24 hours before Jindal published his op-ed, Jindal traveled to Anacoco, Louisiana to present a jumbo-sized check to residents of Vernon Parish. The funds included hundreds of thousands of dollars directly from the Recovery Act — at least $157,848 in Community Block Grant money authorized by the Recovery Act and $138,611 for Byrne/JAG job training programs created by the Recovery Act. Rather than credit the federal government or the Recovery Act he opposed, Jindal printed his own name on the corner of the massive check.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2009/07/21/51962/jindal-stimulus-check/

[applegrove]

5. Fits in perfectly with Krugman's column today. About military spending and how the gop doesn't want

to see that cut because of job loses.

[hedgehog]

6. Kick!

[Glimmer of Hope]

8. Oh.

[Blue Owl]

9. What a dickbag.

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