Dec

$6 million in Porkulus went to Hillary’s former pollster

Okay, there are a few things better than working in the public sector during a recession. You could be the former PR man of a well connected democrat and receive $6 million in “stimulus” to save three jobs. Why, that’s very lucrative indeed.

The Hill reported:

Nearly $6 million in stimulus money was paid to two firms run by Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton’s pollster in 2008.

Federal records show that $5.97 million from the $787 billion stimulus helped preserve three jobs at Burson-Marsteller, the global public-relations and communications firm headed by Penn.

Burson-Marsteller won the contract to work on a public-relations campaign to advertise the national switch from analog to digital television. Nearly $2.8 million of the contract was issued to Penn’s polling firm, Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, according to federal records.
Federal records also show that a former adviser to President Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign received nearly $70,000 from that contract to help alert viewers in difficult-to-reach communities that their televisions would soon no longer receive broadcast signals.

I remember our local news broadcasts constantly telling their viewers about the switch to digital. It was in their best interests to do so. By letting their viewers know about the move ahead of time, they ensured they wouldn’t lose part of their audience once the digital switch took effect. That’s just good business practice. Why the government needed to spend $6 million (that’s $2 million per job) to get the word out is a mystery. What did they do, advertise on cable?

Via Memeorandum

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