Posted by
MAXINE on Thursday, February 05, 2009 11:09:30 AM
Republican
lawmakers are raising concerns that ACORN, the low-income advocacy
group under investigation for voter registration fraud, could be
eligible for billions in aid from the economic stimulus proposal
working its way through the House. House Republican Leader John Boehner
issued a statement over the weekend noting that the stimulus bill
wending its way through Congress provides $4.19 billion for
"neighborhood stabilization activities." He said the money was
previously limited to state and local governments, but that Democrats
now want part of it to be available to non-profit entities. That means
groups like ACORN would be eligible for a portion of the funds. Image
Credit: FOX News
Social Web Meets The Financial Fed
In
Carter’s Second Term (Barack Obama’s 44th Presidency), the citizens of
the United States are faced with a very fast moving Federal Government
that is being directed by the Barack Obama Administration to spend out
our tax money at a record rate.
The sweeping spending and
economic stimulus plan recently passed by the House of Representatives
on a one-party vote (the Democrat Party) proposes massive spending
transfers to recognized money wasting, non job producing,
“”shovel-ready” pet projects rooted in liberal socialist political
philosophy – that is, to pay people for votes and political allegiance.
Examples
of the type of projects this Executive Branch and Democrat controlled
Congress believes will stimulate the American economy includes
$4.19 billion for "neighborhood stabilization activities."
(read that ACORN), $1 billion for Amtrak, the federal railroad that
hasn't turned a profit in 40 years, $2 billion for child-care
subsidies, $50 million for that great engine of job creation, the
National Endowment for the Arts, $400 million for global-warming
research, $2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstration projects,
$650 million on top of the billions already doled out to pay for digital TV conversion coupons,
$150 million for Honey Bee Insurance, and there is more … much more.
So,
how does one find out what is being discussed and potentially placed
into law as it relates to ones tax dollars being spent and be a part of
a social web process at the same time?
Enter the
Daylight Network,
on Monday, daylightnetwork.com, launched with a $5,000 Obama Prediction
Market, and a suite of tools designed to help citizens (you and me)
audit the federal government.
That’s right, just register and
vote on what projects listed will pass, get bigger, fail, and possibly
make money along the way through your prediction.
Home
Page of Daylight Network - The more and more Americans learn about the
stimulus package, the less they like it. Today, according to the
Rasmussen poll, less than 37% of Americans are now in favor in the plan
that now nears $1 trillion. We have dissected every major provision of
the bill made it available for everyone to vote on every single line
item. We are updating our results every few hours and blogging,
phoning, faxing, e-mailing, and tweeting the results across the
country. With enough momentum we can influence the Senate and cut the
pork! Caption & Image Credit: Daylight Network
This excerpted and edited from MHT (Mass High Tech – the journal of New England technology) -
Federal gov’t audit website Daylight Networks launches
By Galen Moore, MHT - Monday, February 2, 2009
Amateur political pundits: Aaron Day has got $100 cash for you.
The
CEO of Tangerine Wellness Inc., a Boston company that provides
corporate weight management programs online, has co-founded Daylight
Network. Its site, daylightnetwork.com,
launches today with a $5,000 Obama Prediction Market, and a suite of
tools designed to help citizens audit the federal government.
The
Obama Prediction Market treats predictions about President Barack
Obama’s first 100 days like publicly traded stocks. Each member gets
$5,000 in online “currency” to invest in – or short sell against –
predictions. Stocks rise in value as more people buy in, and at the end
of the president’s first 100 days, the top 50 traders split a $5,000
pot.
The site is free.
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“I’ve always been strongly interested in politics,” said Day. He came up with the idea for Daylight Network
about two years ago, but left it alone because he didn’t think anyone
would be interested. “Now, we’re in extremely difficult times and
people are looking for answers.”
In addition to the prediction market, the site provides calculators that show how federal dollars are spent.
An
individual taxpayer can find out exactly how the government is spending
each dollar of his or her tax money. Home pages for each government
organization give an overview, a news feed and a list of non-government
alternatives.
“What I wanted to do is provide some transparency
so that people can appreciate what the government does and audit the
government independently,” he said.
His hope is that an online community will grow up around discussions of possible solutions.
To
solve the country’s financial problems, “It is going to take not just
government,” Day said. “It’s going to take the private sector,
non-government organizations, everything is going to have to be
motivated.”
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