While much of the country was trying to find, foster, or avoid love during Valentine’s Day, President Obama’s Stimulus Package (or more formally the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) looked to be on its way to passing, and it seemed appropriate to pass along a little information on how this will directly affect the South.

A Wall Street Journal article breaks down an earlier version of the stimulus bill to see how each state fares – and Florida was not at the top. But, on an unusual note, Alabama and Georgia are both doing better for per-capita spending compared to New York and Massachusettes.

WSJ Stimulus Map

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I came across this article as I continued to procrastinate on my dissertation.  It talks about a random survey that apparently proves that tourists are unwilling to pay a premium to travel environmentally friendly.

They interview someone called a “town evangelist” from a tourist town near Panama City (a “town” that I had never heard of) called Alys Beach *note, the webpage breaks the first cardinal rule of webpages–playing music is the default setting of the homepage*

One of the many slides of Alys Beach. Trust me, our tourists are not this young and sober simultaneously

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