Reply #66: Right

[Abq_Sarah]

Because those stupid hicks ought to just be responsible for paying for the stimulus bill without receiving any benefit, right?

My town and county submitted their wish list to the fed with the understanding it was a waste of time since regions with less that 50,000 people are guaranteed to be ignored. We're going to be forced to use lobbyists to try and get the state government to throw some spare change our way. Unfortunately, out of nearly a trillion dollars, my state is slated to receive a little under a billion dollars. If we're lucky, we might get our unpaved roads (which compromise the majority of roads) graded more than once every two years.

Do I sound discouraged? Damned right I do. But don't worry, we'll keep sending our increasingly limited dollars right back to Washington on time as always.