Cash for Caulkers… Government Spent $2 Million of Stimulus Money to Caulk 7 Homes (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, December 26, 2009, 11:48 AM
Cash for Caulkers–
The US government spent two million dollars of Stimulus money to caulk 7 homes.
From the Cashing In program on FOX News Saturday.
Most of the money went to administrative costs including salaries of state workers.
Texas Energy and Environment blog reported:
The state received millions of federal dollars from the economic-stimulus package to help poor Texans cut their energy bills, but by the end of last month, just seven homes had been weather-treated under the program.
The state has spent $1.8 million of $163 million available over the past four months, with most of it going to administrative costs, such as the salaries of state workers.
The weatherization program was a key element of the federal effort to revive the economy, billed as a quick way to create jobs, save energy and cut utility bills.
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Saint commented:
How much were those workers payed?!?
No Man commented:
FOX!!!
Liars, Birthers, right-wing militia extremists, aryan brotherhood, RACISTS, . . . .
I blame Bush!
Dell commented:
Wow!!
And three jobs “created or saved”, too!
THAT is the change we need NOW.
Hang in there, folks….Only a few hundred million more homes – and several billion of your dollars – and we’ll be in HIGH COTTON!
This O Bomber fella is our SAVIOR.
/sarc off
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Political Lipskip commented:
I caulked my windows in September for around $30 in material and about an hour and a half of my time.
Unbelievable. The spending spree of this Congress and administration better be the wake up call for this country. They are destroying our country. Cloward-Piven strategy indeed.
CDR M commented:
OK, I did that at my house last month. Where does one go to get reimbursed for this? No sense paying out of pocket if my damn taxes are already paying for this. Just kidding but when will Congress/Media wake the eff up realize that this country will not be sustainable if we continue down this path. Already China has indicated that purchasing our debt isn’t infinite.
ar05075 commented:
I wonder if all the homes were in Illinois.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
Was the caulking made to military specs?
JPL17 commented:
It’s the Chicago way. They bring a putty knife; you bring a caulking gun.
John Cooper commented:
What a frikkin’ joke. Reducing the energy consumption of a home requires much more than just caulking around the windows… and caulking the outside of a home can cause moisture problems.
Thousands of books have been written on energy-efficient construction and moisture control, but now we have “Joe Caulker” in charge?
sandy commented:
Obama, Pelosi and Reid claim they don’t care if they lose seats in Congress as long as they past the Health Ill Bill. But I betcha they pull out all the stops to keep control of Congress in 10. If the Republicans take Congress their goose is cooked. How do you spell Relief? INVESTIGATE INVESTIGATE INVESTIGATE
sandy commented:
There’s a pattern here. Remember Cash for Clunkers. The last I heard it cost us taxpayers $25,000 a car.
archtop commented:
CDR M:
“OK, I did that at my house last month. Where does one go to get reimbursed for this? No sense paying out of pocket if my damn taxes are already paying for this.”
Actually that’s a VERY good point! Why don’t we all receive a lowes/home depot coupon for free caulk from the government?
In addition, I wonder if anyone inspected the job they did? You can easy screw up a caulking job by not preparing the surfaces to be caulked correctly. I bet they just gooped it on so they could get done and be paid.
Frankly, I think investing in new windows and doors would be money better spent (from an energy conservation standpoint), but then I’m sure the government ran some computer models to determine that caulking was the way t go…LOL
the struggler commented:
Caulking your windows is a “key element” in Obama’s economic recovery plan.
Yikes.
the struggler commented:
Do we have a “Caulk Czar?”
Texmom commented:
I am embarrassed to see my state waste money this way. In all fairness, I think the states have to take some responsibility for how the money is used, too. Pathetic. We have allowed this level of corruption to grow over the years and now we pay the price….but it’s never too late to put it to an abrupt stop.
seven commented:
Typical liberals. I am sure they had to buy purple SEIU shirts to take pictures of caulkers.
Church groups do home repairs, painting and this kind of work with free labor and small material costs.
We are raising a class of mental midgets.
aprilnovember811 commented:
They are trying to financially break the back of the country, yes they are traitors. See the Cloward/Piven strategy. I sent this to my representatives, and told them, if they keep this up, they may not only find themselves out of a job, but in Federal Prison for treason. We are ‘t stupid, they aren’t fooling many.
http://community.marketwatch.com/groups/us-politics/topics/clowardpiven-strategy-economic-recovery
gus commented:
Next we’ll hear we spent $2 million to fill the air in 7 cars tires.
Where’s Sheriff Joe Biden.
AuntieMadder commented:
While it’s true that everything’s bigger in Texas, I can tell you that our houses here aren’t big enough to require that much caulk.
Freddy commented:
Now, exactly, how much is this new federal government run healthcare going to cost?
No, dont tell me about the dollars, tell me how many millions of lives will be sacrificed by this type of federal incompetence!
Karen commented:
Have we had enough of the looting yet?
squeaky commented:
One of President Barack Obama’s closest advisers Saturday said claims that the White House is engaging in “seedy Chicago politics” are “completely unwarranted.”
Senior adviser Valerie Jarrett pushed back against the
imagine that……….
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/73635-jarrett-accusations-of-seedy-chicago-politics-at-wh-unwarranted
Robert commented:
This is beyond absurd. We’re buying caulking guns when we need to be building nuclear reactors.
Hedgehog commented:
Stealing money to save another bloated , useless government agency. Brilliant! Wait until the bloat starts under Obamacare. Every halfwit in the country will be permanently on the payroll occupying a space in the “No Can Do Department”.
Agent99 commented:
No wonder my nerves are on edge!!!!! This Libs/Commies/Fascists are moving way to fast and trying to break the bank. The USA was the greatest country on Earth!! Then the Commies took over. I am sick of BHO and his ideas! Cash for Caulkers…..BS!! Ya know it’s kinda like we feel the “”Stormy Weather”" but when will the lightning flash?? In short….I despise Libs/Commies/Socialists/ …..{{…}}
Papa Ray commented:
Calm down. I’m sure that the state pays really well to contractors and their state overseers.
But…
Actually that is not all they did to the houses.
They can replace windows with energy efficient ones which if you have ever bought any you know that they are very costly.
They can add material to crawl spaces for insulation.
They can replace door frames or entire doors.
They can even add material to a roof to help insulate and reflect sun heat.
They can do almost anything that will make the house more efficient.
How do I know all this?
I watched them do it to an older couples house that is about 5 miles from where I live.
Papa Ray
Texmom commented:
Papa #31: I don’t doubt that their weatherizing involved more than a tube of caulking, but would you say it was worth millions for seven houses? I am a frugal shopper, so maybe I just don’t get it…
Papa Ray commented:
As I said: I’m sure that the state pays really well to contractors and their state overseers.
Plus there is all those overhead costs of flying around, driving around, motel rooms, eating expenses, gasoline and other travel expenses.
Haven’t you ever worked where you had a travel account that YOU didn’t pay for?
Papa Ray