That is how far we have come from Lincoln's description of the United States' system as "government of the people, by the people, and for the people."
The federal Stimulus money largely has gone to shore up the budgets of city and county employees rather than encouraging new jobs creation in the private sector. That is no coincidence when you consider that the government employee unions are now the biggest share of the union movement and the most persuasive lobbyists in the Obama Administration.
Michael Barone has some useful details.
