ShovelWatch: Is the stimulus bill truly earmark free?
There’s no bridge to nowhere or teapot museum in the economic stimulus package, but that doesn’t mean that it’s free of earmarks, pet projects, or favors to special interests. As part of the ShovelWatch joint project of the non-profit investigative journalism organization ProPublica, The Takeaway and WNYC Radio, ProPublica’s Michael Grabell and WNYC’s Matthew Schuerman join us to take a look at some examples of stimulus funds that are being allocated according to local, not national, priorities.
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