Recently I took a look online at the stimulus project tracking Web site, recovery.org, and was amazed to find that Mesa County has received over $28.5 million in transportation projects as a direct result of President Obama’s economic stimulus plan.

I want all Sarah Palin fans to immediately go to the work site at I-70 Exit 42 in Palisade or Highway 340 in Fruita, and tell the workers there, “You don’t deserve to have that job. It was paid for with pork and wasteful spending!”

During this sour time economically, every bit helps and all of these people deserve the jobs that have been created or saved as a result of these projects throughout our county, state and country.
Before simply following leaders and decrying every single spending idea as some little step toward the dark doom of an evil totalitarian-socialist-atheist empire, try taking into account the local impact of prudent government spending during a time of extraordinary financial stress. President Obama is actually trying to do a good job of pumping confidence into the economy again.

I know many of you are hoping with all your might that these honest and professional acts of leadership will fail miserably and we will return to the golden era of privacy invasion, torture, war-aggression, and 19th century science. It’s too bad, many great things are happening around the country as a result of Obama’s efforts to kick start the economy on many levels.

Personally, I feel optimistic about the future as a result of the high level of competence the new administration has shown. Pessimism is for those with no hope or imagination. Sorry folks, the 20th century is long gone and it’s not coming back.

WARREN G. JONES
Grand Junction

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