Following up on yesterday’s post, I found this in the SBA’s summery of the Economic Stimulus Act concerning guaranteed SBA loans:
Under the Recovery Act, no funds may be used by any state or local government or any private entity, for any casino or gambling establishment, aquarium, zoo, golf course of swimming pool.
I can understand excluding [...]

REAL Economic Stimulus

In the midst of the kerfufle concerning the government’s attempt at stimulating the economy, a local hospital has decided to take real action.  St. Elizabeth Hospital in Belleville, IL is giving it’s employees a $100,000 bonus.  There’s just one catch.  The money must be spent at one of the thirty-eight local businesses that line Belleville’s [...]