Top 10 New Stimulus Jobs!!!

I decided to give you another top ten list. If you did not read my other top ten list go read it now!

Top Ten Worse Even A Little Humorous Expenditures In The Stimulus Bill

So for this new top ten list I decided to see what the top new jobs this stimulus is creating for working Americans.

10. Concrete Finisher - Thats right if you know how to lay a road, or fix a bridge you are in luck. With billions of dollars going to this country's roads and bridges you can imagine the kind of surge in demand this will create. This job is expected to grow the most.

9. Solar Panel and Solar System Installers - Considering the stimulus bill wants to make our government highly energy efficient, you can expect this will be second among the job growth. This bill is trying to ween us off of oil, the quickest and easiest way is solar panels.

8. Energy Management Systems Specialist - Once again another field in the energy department.

7. Welder and Building Inspector - With increased spending in infrastructure, you can expect to see a slight increase in these jobs. However with the housing crash, and companies not willing to shell out money for new properties the job growth might just stay stagnant in the end.

6. Chemical Engineer

5. Software Programmer - With all these new Energy saving technologies someone will have to program them. Traffic control systems, and a new health care computer system should drive the demand for programmers extremely high.

4. Healthcare Administrator - With the new systems in place the health care companies and hospitals will need people to help ease the transitions. Also with the possibility of the new Health Care bill this could also drive demand even higher.

3. Government Administrators - With all these new programs you know the government will want to be able to keep tabs. So of course in style these jobs will probably be the highest paying new jobs.

2. Energy Researchers - Energy is in the title do I really need to explain. Anyways with the focus of getting off oil someone needs to find new tech to do it.

1. Scientist - Obama's campaign was dependant on technology. whether sending text messages, to his supporters or anyone who would sign up for them, to notify them to his ware abouts, or him putting up billboards in online video games. You can expect him to squeeze in alot of new technology rebates.

List of jobs found from http://www.zanestop10.com/2009/03/top-10-new-stimulus-jobs.html.

Top Ten Worse Even A Little Humorous Expenditures In The Stimulus Bill

Number 10.
Town of Union, New York, Encouraged to Spend Money It Did Not Request For a Homelessness Problem It Does Not Have
Stimulus Grant: $578,661

I found some stats about Union, New York. "About 8.3% of families and 11.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.4% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over." (United States Census Bureau) I don't know about you but I do think 11% is a little high for unemployment, but than again a lot of other areas have been hit alot harder. I'll let you decide on your own if that is a waste or a good spend.

Number 9.
Ten Thousand Dead People Get Stimulus Checks, Social Security Administration Blames a Tough Deadline
Stimulus Grant: $2.5 million

Ok.... I have no defense for this one. Maybe they died while the bill was getting pushed through??

Number 8.
Taxpayers Taken for a Ride: Nearly $10 Million to be Spent to Renovate a Century Old Train Station that Hasn’t Been Used in 30 Years
Stimulus Grant: $9.38 million

A century is a pretty long time, maybe it will be a museum for a town. Maybe they want to start using it again, but still 9 million is a lot to refinish a train station, unless it was being refer bushed to a century old decor...

Number 7.
Non-Existent Oklahoma Lake in Line for Over $1 Million To Construct a New Guardrail
Stimulus Grant: $1.15 million

Why does a lake need guard rails? Are they afraid boats might fall out... Ok I know bad joke...

Number 6.
Nevada Non-Profit Gets Weatherization Contract After Being Fired For Same Work
Stimulus Grant: $1.8 million

Well its non-profit, maybe they are the second chance foundation.

Number 5.
$3.4 Million for Wildlife “Eco-Passage” in Florida; Project Still May Take Years to Finish
Stimulus Grant: $3.4 million



The picture says it all this "Eco-Passage" could use some major upgrades... Do they mean drainage ditch...

Number 4.
$800,000 for little-used Johnstown, Pennsylvania airport to repave a back-up runway; the “Airport for Nobody” Has Already Received Tens of Millions in Taxpayer dollars
Stimulus Grant: $800,000

I'm from PA so I'm cool with this. However I can see how this might be a waste, but maybe they only have one working runway. They might want a back-up.

Number 3.
Little-Used “Shovel-Ready” Bridges in Rural Wisconsin Given Priority Over Widely Used Structurally Deficient Bridges
Stimulus Grant: $430,000

There was the key word "Shovel-Ready". Many dire projects are being overlooked, because they have been deamed to serious, and to lengthy of a project to use for stimulus money. So if the stimulus won't pay for these projects who will?

Number 2.
FutureGen: The Stimulus Earmark that Wasn’t, Becomes the Costliest Pork Project in History
Stimulus Grant: $1 billion

This project is to build a Clean Coal power plant. Meaning zero emissions. This project has been in the pipeline for 6 years now, Maybe with this stimulus they will finally be able to get the shovels in the ground. I don't know about you, but if this actually works I don't think its waste.

Number 1.
“Free” Stimulus Money Results in Higher Utility Costs for Residents of Perkins, Oklahoma
Stimulus Grant: $1.5 million

Now that just stinks. I would request that they send the money somewhere else so my bill doesn't go up.

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