This article was about a discovered wasting of stimulus funds on a weatherization program designed to improve and remodel poor houses in certain areas. The program, started by Jimmy Carter, was given 5 billion dollars by Obama's stimulus program. It has been riddled with cases of waste, mismanagement, and in some cases, fraud, and has been suspended in Delaware. However, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, and Virginia have been affected, too. Critics of the program call it a "poster child" of government stimulus, while proponents say the problems are the exception rather than the rule.
Who: Leslie Paige, the vice president of Citizens Against Government Waste, is a main critic of the program.
What: A government-funded weatherization program has been accused of wasting stimulus money.
Where: The state of Delaware is the main state experiencing problems.
Why: Too much money was spent too fast with little thought or prudence.
When: The stimulus bill was passed in 2009.
This article was journalism because it alerts the public of their tax money's wasting, and they need to know and respond accordingly. It was very effective because it detailed the issue and cited both critics and proponents. However, the critics were more effective particularly because of Leslie Paige, who called the program a "cesspool of waste." This was a very effective visual. Bravo.
The CBT is the Social Science CBT for sin. The laws are meant to restrain the depravity of both the governed and the governors, and this situation is an example of such laws being enforced. The program has been suspended, and the people responsible are being punished.
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