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“Through the Recovery Act, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has made $100 million available to the states for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), which acquires food that is distributed to local organizations that assist the needy – including food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens.

The Recovery Act funds referenced in press reports allowed states to purchase ham, cheese and dairy products for these food banks, soup kitchens and food pantries that provide assistance to people who otherwise do not have access to food. This program will help reduce hunger of those hardest hit by the current economic recession.

The references to “2 pound frozen ham sliced” are to the sizes of the packaging. Press reports suggesting that the Recovery Act spent $1.191 million to buy “2 pounds of ham” are wrong. In fact, the contract in question purchased 760,000 pounds of ham for $1.191m, at a cost of approximately $1.50 per pound. In terms of the dairy purchase referenced, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) purchased 837,936 pounds of mozzarella cheese and 4,039,200 pounds of processed cheese.

While the principal purpose of these expenditures is to provide food to those hardest hit by these tough times, the purchases also provide a modest economic benefit of benefiting Americans working at food retailers, manufacturers and transportation companies as well as the farmers and ranchers who produce our food supply.”

Scoot

July 20, 2009 at 8:22 am

The Stimulus is as much, or more, of a scam than the TARP funds. These programs have stolen the majority of American’s wealth, and the responsible parties need to be investigated, prosecuted, and sentenced for the crimes committed against the American people.

Here’s an interesting post from this story on Gateway Pundit:

“The two contracts are for sliced frozen hams weighing 2lbs, we are paying $3.7 million to buy hams from Clougherty Packing, LLC which was bought by Hormel Foods of Minn. in 2004. How will buying pork stimulate the economy? Who the hell knows but I’m sure that somebody will come up with some convoluted, crackpot theory.

By checking out the Recovery.gov site and going to Investments > By Recipient > Contracts you will find some amazing stuff.

To find the “ham subsidy” I specified “Under $10,000,000″, “California” and “Agriculture Dept.” and came up with 3 contracts in the San Francisco area totaling about $10 million with Del Monte, Corp. for which the purposes are listed as “Unidentified”. And as moderately long time readers of GP already know, a large investor in Del Monte Corp. is none other than Paul Pelosi, the husband of the Speaker of the US House.”

Scoot

July 20, 2009 at 8:46 am

Here’s the link to this page:

http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content%2Finvestment-award&type=contracts&state=CA&budget=10&agencyid=12&Button1=Go
Scoot

July 20, 2009 at 8:57 am

On the above page, under the tab for “Federal Agency”, click all, then “go”. Click on the bigger dots, and you’ll get some real “treats” like this:

Recipient Name :ACE ENGINEERING, INC
Project Description :RECOVERY PROJECT XUMU 13-1025C IS AWARDED TO INSTALL 68 METAL WIRE STORAGE LOCKERS IN THE DORMITORY STORAGE ROOM OF FACILITY 13135 ON VANDENBERG AFB, CA.
Available Funds :$1,506,450
Project Location : LOMPOC, CA

Recipient Name :BRAHMA ENGINEERING INC
Project Description :PROJECT XUMU 08-1439B IS AWARDED TO REPLACE ROOF AT COCESS FACILITY 11152 VANDENBERG AFB, CA
Available Funds :$1,114,663
Project Location : LOMPOC, CA

Recipient Name :DJM CONSTRUCTION CO , INC
Project Description :RECOVERY PROJECT XUMU 13-1022B IS AWARDED TO REPLACE THE KITCHEN FLOORING AT THE BREAKERS DINING FACILITY AT VANDENBERG AFB CA.
Available Funds :$1,007,660
Project Location : LOMPOC, CA

Recipient Name :ICON CONSULTING GROUP INC
Project Description :RECOVERY ACT PROJECT XUMU 09-1138B IS AWARDED TO REPLACE TWO CHILLERS FOR THE ELECTRONICS LAB AT THE MISSILE MAINTENANCE FACILITY 6601 AT VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE CA.
Available Funds :$1,005,005
Project Location : LOMPOC, CA

July 20, 2009 at 8:24 am

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack - guilty of crimes committed against the American people for covering this up.

July 20, 2009 at 8:38 am

Don’t you think this guy is sleeping on the job?

http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Earl_E._Devaney

Earl E. Devaney

Current Position: Head of the White House’s Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board (since February 2009)

As inspector general at the Interior Department, Devaney investigated a Bush administration official charged with lying to Congress about his contacts with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Now, President Barack Obama has appointed Devaney to follow another moving target in assuring that the $787 billion economic stimulus package approved in February 2009 fulfills its intended aims. Devaney will head President Obama’s newly-created Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board. He’ll work with Vice President Joseph R. Biden, who will oversee the administration’s execution of the stimulus.

Current Position: Head of the White House’s Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board

Career History: Inspector General at the Interior Department (1999 to present); Director of criminal enforcement at the Environmental Protection Agency (1991 to 1999); Special Agent at the Secret Service (1970 to 1991)

n February 2009, Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus package into law, and soon after he also created the White House’s Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board. Devaney was named to head the oversight board.

Devaney’s job will involve monitoring how each dollar in the package is spent, whether the purpose of the money is for transportation initiatives or for health care information technology, or other purposes. Devaney will scrutinize and provide reports on the efficiency and effectiveness of the money.

Coming from the Interior, where he has had to deal with an organization roiled in controversy for several years, Devaney has built a name for himself as a strict and active regulator. In his new post, he will not exactly be getting a vacation.

July 20, 2009 at 9:25 am

I promise, this is my last post on this (maybe ). Go to this page and click on the largest dots. A lot of these are contracts given for military bases. I know it’s important to give money to the military, but was it needed from the Stimulus funds? I thought this type of stuff was given to the military under the general budget. Look at the prices given for these contracts, and tell me that it doesn’t take nearly as much money to do some of these things that they are getting massive amounts for.

http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content%2Finvestment-award&type=contracts&state=&budget=10&agencyid=&Button1=Go

Jett

July 20, 2009 at 10:37 am

More scary news to the tune of $24 TRILLION

Read this:

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/watchdog-treasury-has-failed-to-adopt-bailout-safeguards-2009-07-20.html

MinneSoCold

July 20, 2009 at 10:53 am

“Repair door at bldg 5112″

I think this is Camp Bullis though my google searches. I’ve been able to determine that Building 5112 is the PX building. Expensive fucking door repair for a PX.

AFCO Technologies, Inc.
An American-Indian Owned Company
http://www.afcotech.com/HTMLs/geninfo.html

“AFCO Technologies, Inc. is a full service construction company based in San Antonio, Texas. It has the same principal owners as, and is a successor firm to, AFCO Utilities, Inc., which was originally formed in 1977. It has been operating continuously ever since, as well as growing steadily. AFCO Technologies, Inc. is a small, disadvantaged, Native American owned business that has for twenty plus months been certified by the US Small Business Administration as an 8(a) contractor in accordance with the Amended Small Business Act, and because of that, is also certified by that Agency as a Small Disadvantaged Business. As an 8(a) contractor AFCO is eligible for non-competitive set-aside awards. The company has also been certified by the US Small Business Administration and The State of Texas as a Historically. Underutilized Business as part of the HUBZONE Contracting Empowerment Program. AFCO has been certified by. the City. of San Antonio, Texas as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and has received certification by. The Texas Department of Transportation as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE).”

Also known as AFCO Tree Services