Comments on: Will Phantom Districts Help Pay Back Stimulus Debt?

By: What Does Obama’s Budget Mean for South Carolina? | The Palmetto Insider

What Does Obama’s Budget Mean for South Carolina? | The Palmetto Insider — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:58:31 +0000

[...] much like when the stimulus numbers were fudged and found in phantom districts, this budget seems like more of the same from [...]

By: First, Phantom Districts; now it’s ZIP Codes | The Palmetto Insider

First, Phantom Districts; now it’s ZIP Codes | The Palmetto Insider — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:25:21 +0000

[...] 4, 2010 11:25 am Last month, the Policy Council reported that phantom districts were listed on the recovery.gov website as having received stimulus [...]

By: Insider Perspective | The Palmetto Insider

Insider Perspective | The Palmetto Insider — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:44:55 +0000

[...] was broken by Rio Grande Foundation investigative reporter Jim Scarantino, and in our state by the Policy Council. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)The Best & Worst to Come: Environmental [...]

By: Eckstrom Pushes for Reform on Stimulus Job Calculations | The Palmetto Insider

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:21:41 +0000

[...] regarding the apparent funneling of stimulus dollars to non-existent congressional districts – news the Policy Council broke in South Carolina. Days later the U.S. government revised its data but the new information raised still more [...]

By: School Choice Can Create Jobs for South Carolina | The Palmetto Insider

School Choice Can Create Jobs for South Carolina | The Palmetto Insider — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:06:19 +0000

[...] the government can’t create jobs and isn’t even very good at pretending to do so. As the French economist Frederic Bastiat argues in a famous essay, everything the government does [...]

By: Government Stimulus Figures Still Don’t Add Up | The Palmetto Insider

Government Stimulus Figures Still Don’t Add Up | The Palmetto Insider — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:54:17 +0000

[...] regarding the apparent funneling of stimulus dollars to non-existent congressional districts – news the Policy Council broke in South Carolina – the U.S. government has revised its data related to Recovery Act [...]