You know the rest, right?
"State gets $4.5m to replace trees
The state Department of Conservation and Recreation received $4.5 million in stimulus funding yesterday from the US Department of Agriculture to replace trees cut down in an attempt to halt the spread of the destructive Asian longhorned beetle.
That is NOT STIMULUS!
"That's not stimulus. Stimulus means starting a company that will CONTINUE to sell products and provide jobs after that stimulus money runs out. Like the road patching operations being funded with stimulus money, once the initial project is over, those people are out of work again, the stimulus money is gone, and there are no operating businesses making products for sale." -- Wake the Flock Up
Once you plant the tree....
The invasive beetle was first discovered in Worcester a year ago, and about 20,000 trees have been removed in efforts to control the insect, which weakens and eventually kills trees.
Related: Bees, Beetles, and Bears, Oh My!
The new funds will be used to hire about 20 new employees who will be involved in the replanting efforts, which are expected to begin this fall. Officials have been particularly concerned about the infestation because it is so close to hardwood forests."
Yeah, those handfuls of jobs will save us.
Also see: Stimulating Sophistry
