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Obama's $787 billion economic
stimulus program included $499 billion in
federal spending, most of which was
channeled through state and local
governments. Eight of the 10 states getting
the most contracts were heavily
Democratic, with highly unionized state and
local government work forces,
according to stimulus award data at recovery.gov.
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Chapter X: Obama Brings Chicago Style Politics to Washington
From the Washington Examiner
Chicago
has been called the home of "gangster government." How bad is it?
Consider
the following facts about the city from which President Obama rose through the
ranks of American public life, from community organizer and local lawyer to the
Illinois state legislature to the U.S. Senate and finally the Oval Office:
