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has IN WRITING that Ryan says stimulus will create jobs
malaise
(267,823 posts)Hope he reminds them where he was inauguration night
malaise
(267,823 posts)Graybeard
(6,996 posts)It wasn't just a matter of taking the money because it was handed to them. Ryan requested money from the stimulus!
You can't make this stuff up.
Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)This will be fun.
CatWoman
(79,283 posts)In Paul Ryans home state, he supported US energy funds while decrying stimulus program
ANESVILLE, Wisc. In 2009, as Rep. Paul D. Ryan was railing against President Obamas $787 billion stimulus package as a wasteful spending spree, he wrote at least four letters to Obamas secretary of energy asking that millions of dollars from the program be granted to a pair of Wisconsin conservation groups, according to documents obtained by the Globe.
The additional letters include his praise for the energy programs aims, and clash with his own budget priorities, which call for curtailing many of the same Department of Energy investments that are designed to spur the growth of green technologies and reduce reliance on fossil fuels..
I was pleased that the primary objectives of their project will allow residents and businesess in the partner cities to reduce their energy costs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and stimulate the local economy by creating new jobs, Ryan wrote to Energy Secretary Steven Chu on December 18, 2009, on behalf of the Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation.
Ryans campaign spokesman, Brendan Buck, on Monday declined to comment, pointing the Globe to the statement from Ryans Capitol Hill spokesman at the time of the Wall Street Journal article in 2010.
http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2012/08/13/paul-ryan-district-supported-energy-funds-while-decrying-stimulus-program/ohqoiZCyc6KVG6YTgkpL3J/story.html
WillyT
(72,631 posts)CatWoman
(79,283 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)catbyte
(34,174 posts)Awesome! Chek out the Rewrite segment. It was a masterstroke.