Who knew that the Robin Hood in Shrek came the closest to Obama’s version of Robbin’ Hood:

Ta, da, da, da, da, da, whoo 
I steal from the rich and give to the needy
He takes a wee percentage, but I’m not greedy I rescue pretty damsels, man, I’m good
What a guy, ha-ha, Monsieur Hood
Break it down

From the AP:

The billions in transportation stimulus dollars that President Barack Obama promoted as a way to create jobs shortchange counties that need the work the most, an Associated Press analysis has found…..

One result among many: Elk County, Pa., isn’t receiving any road money despite its 13.8 percent unemployment rate. Yet the military and college community of Riley County, Kan., with 3.4 percent unemployment, will benefit from about $56 million to build a highway, improve an intersection and restore a historic farmhouse…..

The very promise that Obama made, to spend money quickly and create jobs, is locking out many struggling communities needing those jobs.

Imagine that.  When the bill isn’t read and done too quickly, it just doesn’t work the way it is supposed to.  Even a grade school child could have told the politicians that!

The money goes to projects ready to start. But many struggling communities don’t have projects waiting. They couldn’t afford the millions of dollars for preparation and plans that often is required.

"It’s not fair," said Martin Schuller, the borough manager in the Elk County seat of Ridgway, who commiserates about the inequity in highway aid with colleagues in nearby towns. "It’s a joke because we’re not going to get it, because we don’t have any projects ready to go."……

To put simply, the counties that can’t afford to fix their roads right now and can’t afford to do anything about it, are not getting any of the money because they couldn’t afford to fix their roads.  Hopefully someone will be able to follow the logic on that one.

_High-unemployment counties, those in the top quarter of jobless rates, are allotted about 16 percent of the money, compared with about 20 percent for areas least affected by joblessness.

_In low-unemployment counties nationwide, those in the bottom quarter of jobless rates, the federal government is spending about $89 a person compared with $59 a person in the worst-hit areas.

_In counties with the largest populations, the government is spending about $69 a person in areas with the lowest unemployment and $40 a person in places with the greatest job need.

_Counties with the highest unemployment are most likely to have been passed over completely in the early spending…….

"The problem comes from the fact that the bill was not written right in the first place," said Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. "And the bill not addressing where the money is needed to go, but just addressing, ‘Let’s get this money out of here as quickly as we can.’"

Isn’t that what happened to the bank bailouts?  Can anyone in D.C. actually add 1 + 1 correctly?

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood defended the transportation stimulus plan Monday. Even if needy areas don’t see transportation projects this year, workers can still apply for jobs elsewhere, he said…..

There ya have it.  The intelligence of someone who has no clue what it is like to live on Ramen noodles and frozen pea’s for a week.  Someone who has never had to wait for the bus, and who has no clue that city buses don’t go outside the city.  (That is if the county can even afford buses!)  Someone who has never had to work 7 days a week just to make ends meet.  Exactly how do these people find the time to travel elsewhere to get a better and more stable job?  And how do the people who are getting a pittance from unemployment supposed to be able to afford the gas to go?  And even if they get a job by traveling elsewhere, how are they supposed to afford to move! 

Also, Congress required states to use some of the highway money for projects in economically distressed areas, but didn’t impose sanctions if they didn’t. States can lose money, however, if they don’t spend fast enough…..

Yet residents of Perry County, Tenn., will have to wait. County Mayor John Carroll said he’s disappointed his community, which suffers from 25.4 percent unemployment, won’t receive a dime any time soon for its road needs.

"It’s pretty easy to draw a connection between the high unemployment rate and the lack of any four-lane highways," he said.

Federal auditors acknowledge they can’t yet track the transportation money that is leaving Washington and there is no single list of the thousands of projects planned in each state…….

For now, laid-off workers in Elk County, Pa., question why they’ve missed out, while money flows to more prosperous places.

"Why are they helping them?" asked Wendy Cameron, 50, of Saint Marys, Pa., who lost her job in a metal factory last year. She doesn’t have health insurance and would gladly take road work. "They’re not in need. We are.

"What are these people going to do? Is everybody going to go on welfare? I’ve never been on welfare. I don’t want to be on welfare."

The two cities that Obama promoted this stimulus plan to and said the plan would help them - Elkhart, IN and Peoria, IL - are going to receive money.  The struggling cities that Obama didn’t go to will not be receiving help.  In other words, the counties that cannot afford to host the president, can’t get the money.  Elkhart’s unemployment is at 18.8% but Peoria hasn’t even hit two digits yet with a rate of 9.4%.  Go here to find the unemployment rates in the country.

So, exactly how is this socialism supposed to work again?  Take from the rich and only give to the poor that have enough money to already have projects started?  I just don’t think that is what Robin Hood would have done.  All Obama’s plan is doing is Robbin’ the Hood.