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Stimulus Dollars Are Taking You for A Ride - On Greyhound Buses
Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:15 PM
BigGovernment.com reports today that the Missouri Department of Transportation was purchasing two Greyhound buses with "stimulus" dollars.
Bob McCarty, who wrote the story says that a spokesperson for the Department himself surprised by the expenditure, but promised to follow up with an explanation which then followed. Says McCarty:
During our second conversation, the MoDOT spokesperson confirmed that, in order to meet the federal mandate that 15 percent of ARRA funds provided to states be spent on intercity bus transportation, the State of Missouri will use $945,210 of federal taxpayer monies to reimburse Greyhound Bus Lines for the addition of two new buses to the company’s fleet. In other words, Greyhound is getting a federal subsidy and the Show-Me State is acting as a laundromat of sorts. But I digress.
I always thought we were being taken for a ride with this "stimulus" package, but I didn't know we'd be on a Greyhound bus.
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