Spreading the wealth around a little

Apparently not all of the stimulus money is going to working people to perform “shovel ready” projects. At least some of it is simply being redistributed. Here’s a troubling bit of the “spreading the wealth around” in action. Saginaw’s WNME filed this report on what it called “stimulus handouts.”

Michigan’s economic woes were on display as thousands of people lined up to get an application for federal stimulus money in Detroit.

Long lines snaked into downtown's Cobo Center Wednesday morning, but applications ran out quickly on the final day to get paperwork for the homelessness prevention program.

Officials said about 15,000 people jammed into Cobo seeking assistance.

The government awarded Detroit roughly $15 million to help low-income residents pay for living expenses.

Police were dispatched to help with crowd control issues and they reported a number of fights broke out.

City officials said many people falsely believed they were registering for $3,000 stimulus checks from the Obama Administration.

The money is intended to prevent further homelessness in the region.

Detroit is among the nation's leaders in home foreclosures, and at least one in four households are in poverty.

This is just naked redistribution. Listen to how one of Detroit’s publicly educated explains it on Detroit’s WJR:

ROGULSKI: Did you get an application to fill out yet?
WOMAN: I sure did. And I filled it out, and I am waiting to see what the results are going to be.
ROGULSKI: Will you know today how much money you're getting?
WOMAN: No, I won't, but I'm waiting for a phone call.
ROGULSKI: Where's the money coming from?
WOMAN: I believe it's coming from the City of Detroit or the state.
ROGULSKI: Where did they get it from?
WOMAN: Some funds that was forgiven (sic) by Obama.
ROGULSKI: And where did Obama get the funds?
WOMAN: Obama getting the funds from... Ummm, I have no idea, to tell you the truth. He's the president.
ROGULSKI: In downtown Detroit, Ken Rogulski, WJR News.

Where’s the money coming from? The city or the state. Where did they get it? The Dear Dope. Where did the Dope get it? Don’t know but, he’s the Dear Dope so it’s OK.

Stunning in its implications and the stupidity.

The money of course is coming from people who work and pay taxes and is beign redistributed to people who don't. Sadly the group of people who work and pay taxes doesn’t include any number of prominent Demo-Dopes, Geithner, Sebilius, Daschle, Rangel etc. etc.