Along with President Obama others should lose their seats in the Senate or House of Representatives

I look, from time to time, at web sites of our elected officials or government agencies. I visited Rep. Dennis Cardoza's site some time ago, after the stimulus was enacted, and he claimed the stimulus was a great help to his district, not only for the sidewalk built in Merced thanks to stimulus funds but especially for funding to the Golden Valley Health Center in Merced. The following is part of the text for that web page, a page we as tax payers pay for. The text is as follows:

"In the Valley, our region has special challenges because of our rural nature. Therefore, I strongly believe we must support health care providers to ensure individuals in medically underserved communities have equal access to health care. We need to draw qualified individuals to smaller communities to prevent health provider shortages. We also need to make certain our community health centers have all the resources they need to provide for those who depend on them. I am pleased that the community health centers in the Central Valley, including the Golden Valley Health Center in Merced, received $1,186,670 in funding from the stimulus, which they will use to hire 42 new employees. This will allow the center to increase the number of visits accommodated by the center by 43,000 and serve 5,000 new patients." (End of text)

The text of the page is a little confusing, I don't understand if the Golden Valley Health Center received all of the $1,186,670 or if centers within his district received these funds but in either case I wonder how many of his constituents have done the math. $1,186,670 in funding from the stimulus for the creation of 42 new jobs is an average of salary of $28,254.05 (including benefits). If we were really paying health care professionals these salaries I wonder if there would be a “health care crisis”.

Only around election time has it been possible for me to get an answer from Rep. Cardoza's office. I also notice a difference in the web sites of Rep. Cardoza and that of Rep. Nunes. Cardoza's is more like a version of Let's Make a Deal, with government giveaways on many pages, sort of a "whats behind door number 3!" I've found that spenders in government office will give you all the information you need to kick them out, use it if you can.