Obama outsourced the details of the $787 billion fiscal stimulus to Congress and, no surprise, the old barons of the House stuffed it with pork and social engineering. Several months later, only 4%-6% of the funds have been spent, and the federal government is brow-beating state governments – for example, demanding that California rescind a small pay cut for some unionized workers or lose $7 billion in stimulus funds.
奥巴马把7870亿美元的财政刺激计划外包给国会，而不出人们所料，把持国会的大佬们又在计划中塞入了笼络人心的社会工程及好处费。几个月过后这笔巨资只花掉了4-6%，联邦政府因此把一腔怒火统统发向州政府——比如要求加利福尼亚取消对某些工会工人的小幅工资削减，或者放弃价值70亿美元的刺激资金。（事后干预合同关系执行工会要求是本届政府的新特色）。