The article "States and Cities in Scramble for Stimulus Cash" was written by Monica Davey of the New York times. In this article she addresses the public of the different problems that can and are arising from the new stimulus project. She sheds some light on the fact that every state will be treated differently depending on their current economic problems, as well as, what projects they already have planned out.
For the states that already have a list of things that need to be taken care of and/or states that have the biggest economic problems already, they will be getting more money. The issue that is arising from this is that now we are seeing governors, state leaders, politicians and so forth fighting and trying to fix more problems then they were originally going to face. States are now worried that one might get more in one area then their own. Some states that managed to keep out of the red are being punished by getting less money.....
While everyone fights for what money to get and what project to start on/take care of, it reminds us that in the end taxpayers are the ones paying for all of this. We will be paying trillions of dollars off for this stimulus package. Sure it will create some jobs right now that are needed to help the economy but what happens when those jobs are done? What happens when we need another stimulus project on top of this one? We have already been down this road once before, hopefully this time, this president, knows what he is doing and can actually help the situation and the American public instead of hurt it.
