Richard Burr's Stimulus Hypocrisy

[Ardent15]

When Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act earlier this year, only three Republican senators voted in favor of the legislation. Now Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) is flaunting credit for financial assistance provided by President Obama's bill.

Last Friday, Burr presented the Bethlehem, N.C. fire department with a colossal $2 million grant to build a new fire station. At the ceremony the senator said, "This is a great thing for this county. We're not accustomed to federal dollars in that magnitude finding their way to North Carolina."


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Before the Senate voted on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Burr slammed the stimulus bill in a statement on his website:


"Almost a trillion dollars of borrowed money on projects and programs that are unlikely to produce any real broad-based stimulus or create jobs that will still be here two years from now."

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/20/richard-burr-stimulus-hyp_n_327640.html>

[bbinacan]

1. I guess Burr said

that if you can't beat them, join them. Look at what Murtha got for the Johnstown "airport".