Neumann Benefited From Stimulus

This is a BS story.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Neumann is against the stimulus package and the bailout plan.

Except when his private companies are benefiting from them.

In one of his recent ads, the former congressman chides D.C. types for pushing through these proposals.

“You know some days it’s hard to tell Republican insiders from liberal Democrats,” Neumann says. “Bailouts, stimulus, huge spending.”

It’s standard election-year stuff from a veteran politician.

But this is what is out of the ordinary:

Neumann owns a stake in two companies that are benefiting big time from the very same stimulus plan that he criticizes.

We all have to play by the rules of the game even if we disagree with the rules.  For example, I oppose the Earned Income Tax Credit, but if I qualified for it, I would most certainly take it.  Why?  Because those are the rules. 

Neumann didn’t do anything wrong here and this story is a stretch.