Obama's Weatherizing Program Costing Taxpayers $57,362 For Each Home
Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, February 18, 2010, 5:37 AM
The US government is spending around $57,362 for every home it is weatherizing with Stimulus cash…
But, according to Joe Biden, “The stimulus is working. It’s working.”
Top of the Ticket reported:
A new report due out this morning will show the $5-billion program is so riddled with drafts that so far it’s weatherized only about 9,000 homes.
Based on the initial Obama-Biden program promise that it would create 87,000 new jobs its first year, that would be about 10 jobs for each home weatherized so far. Makes for pretty crowded doorways.
ABC News reports that the General Accountability Office will declare today that the Energy Department has fallen woefully behind — about 98.5% behind — the 593,000 homes it initially predicted would be weatherized in the Recovery Act’s very first, very chilly year.
The Energy Department is run by Steven Chu, like President Obama a Nobel Prize winner. You’ll never guess what the federal government blames for the lack of significant progress.
RED tape.
Not duct tape. Not weatherstripping. But that infamous RED tape. In the form of, well, forms…
The Energy folks did tell ABC they’ve so far spent 522-million Recovery Act dollars on the program. So, let’s see, about 9,100 homes divided into that chunk of stimulation change to believe in is — gee! — about $57,362 worth of very expensive weatherstripping for each home fixed up so far.
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Tim commented:
This will be some serious weather-proofing…from what I hear they will be spending 58k per to build an entire house outside of the existing house. That should be far more effective than caulk and new windows
kansas commented:
I could use an extra 57 grand. Where do I sign up?
MainStreet commented:
What a waste. These jokers have to go.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
…yeah but how many Lexuses got bought? You gotta know that folks who are getting this money – the cronies, friends, family, connected, “green”, thousands and thousands of people and phony front “companies” and foundations, all of them are SPENDING!
Buying Ferarris and champagne, cruises and resorts, bling-bling and tech gadgetry and a near infinite material horde of LOOT, because that’s exactly what this is, and all it ever has been, from the get-go. This is LOOTING, no different than in the L.A. Riots or the aftermath of Katrina. Just like what a particular Class in America has a sad tendency to do when all restraint and authority is gone. Same reasons, same motivation, different scale.
But still, hey! as I started semi-sarcastically at the top, Reaganomics may be what they were thinking!
TRICKLE-DOWN LOOTING!
That money is being spent.
“He said the spot was sleep,he cased the joint a week
3 a.m. on the dot inside we creep
Got Alpines,Fishers,JVC’s,
Motorola Phones,Sony Color TV’s”
-Ice T, ‘Drama’
Elly commented:
Do you think if we caulked the White House, less of our money would be leaked out?
Someone pass the caulking…
Taqiyyotomist commented:
…and it’s not about color, either. As I pointedly capitalized Class. The same mentality was dominant in D.C. and political circles during Clinton’s administration too.
Ferarris and champagne, the adults are outa town, bring on Enron, Mutant Tech Bubble, Global Crossing, and the bling-bling and daily gala parties. That’s our Statist class, to a T. Whether the political branch of that class, or the media elites, or the academic elites, they’re all about the partying and flash.
“DAMN THE CONSEQUENCES, I’M GETTIN MINE.”
Taqiyyotomist commented:
The same people poke their heads out of their luxury-cocoons and tell us we need to cut back.
Yeah, I’ll do that. Maybe make fewer trips to the foodbank. Keep my pair of shoes for another month.
avery commented:
Just another Rip-Off.
Nathan R. Jessup commented:
I saw took this video from the dailykos.com; I nearly fell out of my seat laughing. “A” for effort however…
http://the-raw-deal.com/2010/02/18/you-are-nuts-if-you-think-obamas-stimulus-plan-isnt-working-it-is/
Now go quickly and spread the news: the stimulus is WORKING! (everyone should have plenty of time on their hands with no job and all)
Nathan R. Jessup
http://www.the-raw-deal.com
Living in The Twilight Zone commented:
It goes without saying, but, I’ll say it anyway:
These are the people who want to run healthcare.
The pathetic part is the people who support the idea of them running healthcare.
Smarty commented:
I am in the process of trying to repair ductwork in my house. I gave up on this program. First, I had to pay $150 to have it inspected. Then, they tell the contractor to go to extremes in making the repairs, but the reimbursement rate is only 50% with a $500 max. I would have to spend about $2000 to do all that they say just to get $500 back, plus the red tape.
I am not going to bother.
jim commented:
Let’s take a charitable view: This program staved off a depression, saved two million jobs, reduced taxes for 95 percent of Americans, and will bring 90,000 troops home from Iraq while still leaving enough left over to keep the union slugs and Section Eight parasites awash in Obama Money.
Dope and change. Yes We Can.