'A stimulus for the rich'

Remember all that talk last year about how the Bush tax cuts were only for the rich? Guess what? The Pelosi/Obama "stimulus" package has so far benefited some of the richest Americans. Where's the media outcry? They're busy commenting on Michelle Obama's new dress.

The Washington Times is the latest newspaper to criticize Barack Obama's failed "stimulus" package, calling it "a stimulus for the rich" in a new editorial.

From the editorial:

President Obama billed the stimulus package as a national effort, one that would involve spending "in communities across America." But the money is not being doled out proportionally across the country. The most funds are not even being distributed to the areas with the greatest economic problems.

It is not surprising that political calculations play a major role when the government hands out money. But it is shocking that Mr. Obama and the Democrats are sending stimulus funds to those places that need help the least.

Read the full editorial at the newspaper's Web site.

Originally posted at THE CENTRIST