$2 Million Per Person? Why A Tiny Alabama Town Wants $375 Million Chunk of the Stimulus

US News and World Report:

At first glance, the town of Edwardsville, Ala., with a population of 194 people, might raise a few eyebrows with its bid to receive $375 million from the economic stimulus package being assembled by Barack Obama and lawmakers in Congress.

The tiny town, located near the Georgia border and 26 miles from the nearest "big city" of Anniston (population: 24,276), added 33 proposals--about two thirds of them related to "green" energy--to the list of "ready- to- go" projects assembled by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Total sum: $375,076,200.

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Comments

[sonoffestus]

Tell them to send in some tax dollars first. Then we'll get back to them.

[totalliberal]

Tell somebody to hop on a mule and tell these people they lost. Free ride is over.

[chefrasta]

Tell them no and if they need money Sen. Richard Shelby can ask the foreign Governments that he praises to give it to them.Not a penny for red states since they oppose money for Detroit .

[RButler]

Exactly.