Free money from Obama’s stash
Posted by Richard on October 9, 2009
Remember when they promised us the $780 billion in "stimulus" spending would produce jobs, funding shovel-ready projects that would get the economy moving? Not in Detroit. There, they just created a lottery for free money. Instead of creating jobs, they stimulated a chaotic mob scene, with fights and injuries and a near-riot. Welcome to Obama's redistributionist America.
Via The Virginian, here are a couple of transcripts of WJR's Ken Rogulski interviewing some free money lottery participants (emphasis added):
ROGULSKI: Why are you here?
WOMAN #1: To get some money.
ROGULSKI: What kind of money?
WOMAN #1: Obama money.
ROGULSKI: Where's it coming from?
WOMAN #1: Obama.
ROGULSKI: And where did Obama get it?
WOMAN #1: I don't know, his stash. I don't know. (laughter) I don't know where he got it from, but he givin' it to us, to help us.
WOMAN #2: And we love him.
WOMAN #1: We love him. That's why we voted for him!
WOMEN: (chanting) Obama! Obama! Obama! (laughing)
And the other one:
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.
You can't imagine how much that depresses me.
Gregory of Yardale at Moonbattery thinks this is the model Obama citizen:
There you have the core of the Democrat base, someone lining up for money the government has taken away from someone else (future generations, in this case), who has done nothing to earn it, who doesn't give a damb where it came from, and is happy that Obama is looking out for her.
And Tim Geithner's bailout buddies at Goldman Sachs are no better.
I'd amend Gregory's assessment slightly. These aren't model citizens, they're model subjects.
Jan said
Where are we going and why are we in this hand basket?! I’m also listening to the radio. The first thing I heard this morning at 4 AM was that Obama won the Peace Prize. Rick Santorum, substituting for Bill Bennett, said he thought he was reading an Onion “news” report when he read the news. Then I go to your blog and see this sickening sight. Is 4:55 AM too early for alcohol?
David Bryant said
”Is 4:55 AM too early for alcohol?”
That depends. Are you just getting up? Or have you already been out drinking all night?
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Now this (the giveaway) is truly sickening. But it isn’t exactly new. Do you remember when Ben Klein proposed that RTD should distribute the TABOR refunds by putting cash in barrels at the various Park and Ride locations?
Politicians in general love to give your money away, but they hate giving it back to you almost as much as they dislike letting you keep it.