57 States? I thought there were only 50? When did the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Island, Guam, American Samoas, Iraq and Afghanistan become States?

BTW – here in NY we’re being flooded with 10′s – a hundred maybe protestors who are converging on the city’s Insurance company headquarters. Their sign says it all

ONE NATION – ONE HEALTH PLAN!!!

You shoulda seen it, 4 – 5 short school buses were lined up! What a scene it was….underwhelming.

It’s between the Political Class, or perhaps the Government Class and everybody else.

It is a large population with distinct economic and political interests that distinguish and separate it from the rest of the population.

The rest of the population all share common interests distinct from those of the Political or Government Class regardless of where they fit in the antique European concepts of “class” warfare … aristocrat, bourgeoise, proletarian, blah, blah, blah.

Those distinctions don’t mean much in a volatile and fluid society like America.

But the distinction between those who depend for their paychecks on other people’s taxes and those who don’t does apply. And those people are the Political or Government Class.

And guess who’s side Obama is playing for …

“This is money well-spent,” Patton told reporters at the Capitol. The rough per-job cost of $82,000 is below original federal estimates, he said.”

The “rough” PER JOB COST OF $82,000 … you gotta be kidding me! The rough PER JOB COST is $82 grand! And that’s LOWER than federal estimates?!?! Good gawd!!!

Will the thieving ever stop? How many layers of bureaucratic bullsh_t and payoffs is in this thing?!? So where’s Joe (Biden)? Right in the front of the line!

Lunacy! Absolute lunacy!

Ya gotta be a mindless nimwit to utter this crap, a bigger one to report it unchallenged, and every bit as bad to pay no attention to it!

Hey Patton at the Capitol .. This is NOT money well spent!

The “public sector” is the government.

The “private sector” is the people.

It’s just that simple.

That headline should read “Government Gets Most From Stimulus“.

And what a surprise that is indeed.

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

State creates or retains 8,284 jobs with stimulus funds

By Patrick Marley

Madison — Wisconsin state government has used federal economic stimulus money to create or retain 8,284 jobs in Wisconsin, mostly by saving public-sector jobs.

A brief report released Tuesday by Gov. Jim Doyle provided details on money spent by state government, but did not cover funds awarded directly to local governments and the University of Wisconsin System. Those numbers will be made public later.

More than 6,100 jobs for police officers, teachers and other government workers were retained through state stimulus spending, the report said. That accounts for nearly three-quarters of the jobs that were retained or created by the state. …

http://www.jsonline.com/news/s.....16527.html

Then one wonders why these jobs are so heavily staffed with liberals?

They know very well they are voting in their own job security.