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At a Republican candidates forum in Wilton in January Dan Debicella stated that,
"Jim Himes voted for an $800 billion stimulus package. What did we get out of it? Ninety jobs on the Merritt Parkway for two months for payment."
Really? Six months before he made that assertion, Republican Governor Jodi Rell issued a press release stating:
"(Connecticut) has surpassed the $1 billion mark for funds now committed to a number of projects and initiatives," and that, "the federal stimulus act is providing the state of Connecticut and its cities and towns with much-needed resources to help us all weather this economic downturn and get Connecticut residents back to work."
Governor Rell continued,
"My administration has been committed and engaged from the start in pursuing every federal funding source available."
Governor Rell pointed out that by last August Connecticut had received $1.2 billion Medicaid assistance, $540 million in "educational stabilization", and more than $400 million for transportation initiatives.
If Debicella had bothered to check out Governor Rell's own official website recently for an update, he would have seen that by the governor's own count, Connecticut has now received more than $4 billion in assistance from the stimulus, which has directly created more than 6,600 jobs. Rell's website lists Connecticut as receiving $840 million for health and human services, half a billion for transportation initiatives, $180 million for unemployment and job services, and nearly three quarters of a billion dollars for educational assistance.
That's the truth Debicella refuses to tell. Or, perhaps, Debicella just doesn't care about the truth. |
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