When most people think of the United States Department of Labor, they
think of those people trying to make President Obama look good by
manipulating employment data to show less than 8% unemployment before
Election Day. But what few people know is that the USDoL also has a
fairly large slush fund to delve into and toss pennies from heaven upon
people they deem as worthy.
In the last couple weeks, here is what the US Department of Labor has doled out:
- 4/10/2012: USDOL announces $375,000 to North Carolina for 200 “temporary” jobs to continue cleanup efforts following Hurricane Irene. FYI, Irene hit NC last August. We’re not cleaned up from that yet? It’s been almost a year. Sounds like these “temporary” jobs are becoming a little more permanent.
- 5/7/2012: USDOL announces $65.5 million to Puerto Rico and Washington DC to “implement and/or continue re-employment and eligibility assessments for Unemployment Insurance beneficiaries”. Wait a minute here! “Implement and/or continue?” “Implement?” Are you telling me that before now we possibly had no way of knowing whether someone was eligible for benefits? Holy crap! I ask again, “implement?”
- 5/7/2012: USDOL announces $448,197 for 713 workers laid off by Electrolux for “provide re-employment services” because why? Are these workers so unskilled or unmotivated that without the government helping them they cannot find another job? Well, with the way the economy is after liberals got a hold of it ...
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