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2009-07-08 Home Front: Politix

Taxpayers should be upset with spending on road signs

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Posted by Fred 2009-07-08 05:41|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 President Barack Obama's administration said the signs are useful sources of propaganda ~~information~~ for the public because they help the clueless citizens see how the stimulus money is being spent.

There, fully repaired.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-07-08 08:54|| 2009-07-08 08:54|| Front Page Top

#2 I noticed one of those signs on Sunday, and frankly, I can't too worked up about it. I doubt I've ever seen a highway project that didn't tout the sponsor. And as far as government spending goes, at least it's for something concrete.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2009-07-08 09:13|| 2009-07-08 09:13|| Front Page Top

#3 These slogans are to stilted to make the signs attractive wall decorations for teenagers - maybe in Berkeley?

Posted by 3dc 2009-07-08 10:03|| 2009-07-08 10:03|| Front Page Top

#4 $5.8 mil for road signs? Can't wait to see how much they fleece us for new road cones.

Posted by Andy Ulusoque aka Broadhead6 2009-07-08 10:38|| 2009-07-08 10:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Illinois must have spent a bundle of their 'stimulus check' on changing the 'Vanity Highway Signs' from Rod Blagojevich to Pat Quinn. It seems that every highway, rest stop and tollbooth sign in the state had his name on it. I do notice that in some areas they've changed it from Blagojevich to a more generic "The People of Illinois". Might make it cheaper when the next governor is 'disgraced' (as seems to happen every few years).

Posted by Mullah Richard 2009-07-08 12:20|| 2009-07-08 12:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Blago's name was taken off all those "Open Road Tolling" signs. No replacement by Quinn "the Eskimo" either.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2009-07-08 12:52|| 2009-07-08 12:52|| Front Page Top

#7 Sign makers gotta eat too. And they can vote.

If the signs really upset you, plow your car into them and when asked, point out that garbage collectors have to eat to. And they also can vote.

Waste as economic stimulus is a very Keynesian theory - oft demonstrated by his public throwing of towels on to the floor so the bathroom attendants would have something to do.

Posted by Adriane 2009-07-08 17:57|| 2009-07-08 17:57|| Front Page Top

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