Beyond The Broken Spectrum

The Mercatus Center at George Mason University reviewed the distribution of $157 billion in stimulus dollars based on publicly available reports and found that there was “no statistical correlation” between the amount of money a district got and its income or unemployment rate. Rather, the study found that Democratic congressional districts received 1.89 times more money than GOP districts.

The average award for Democratic districts was $439 million, while the average award for Republican ones was $232 million. On average, Democratic districts also got 152 awards, while Republican ones got 94.

Oddly, the Mercatus study found far more stimulus money went to higher-income areas than lower-income areas. “We found no correlation between economic indicators and stimulus funding. Preliminary results find no effect of unemployment, median income, or mean income on stimulus funds allocation,” the report said. Article at Fox News

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