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Stephen Hill Spruiell (born November 20, 1979) is a conservative writer and columnist for the National Review.

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Blink and Miss Another 13,000 Jobs NOT Created or Saved -- By: Stephen Spruiell

I have a couple of pieces on the stimulus up today. I'm writing as fast as I can, but with new reports coming out every day debunking the claims of jobs "created or saved," it's hard to keep up.  In its report to the federal government last month, the ...

From STEPHEN SPRUIELL, The Corner,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Department of Corrections,  Arnold Schwarzenegger

Saved, Created, or Fake? -- By: Stephen Spruiell

After I blogged about Pound’s comments on NRO’s The Corner, he sent me an e-mail asking me to call him if I had any questions. I took him up on the offer and asked him this: Has the Recovery Board which runs Recovery.gov thought about scrapping ...

From STEPHEN SPRUIELL, National Review Online,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama

Seven Big Lies about the Stimulus -- By: Stephen Spruiell

3. Stimulus Money/Average Salary = jobs: The number of jobs the stimulus allegedly saved or created in Nevada was overstated by at least 4,000, according to a report in the Las Vegas Sun. The report states that local-government officials were ...

From STEPHEN SPRUIELL, National Review Online,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  U.S. Republican Party,  Boston Globe,  USA Today,  Wall Street Journal

"The Bureaucrat in the Exam Room" -- By: Stephen Spruiell

BLACKBURN: And, George, this is exactly how it happens.  If you go to page 1,296 of the House bill, the engrossed copy, and you began to read in title three of that bill, on preventive and wellness services, and you get down to section 2301, this is ...

From STEPHEN SPRUIELL, The Corner,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kathleen Sebelius,  U.S. Democratic Party,  James Joyner

Welcome to the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy -- By: Stephen Spruiell

1. Medical-malpractice lawsuits drive up the cost of health care. The first episode began by defining the problem: The average cost of a health-insurance policy for a family of four doubled between 2000 and 2007, host Ira Glass said, and it is ...

From STEPHEN SPRUIELL, National Review Online,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NPR,  Aetna Inc.,  Ira Glass,  Nancy Pelosi,  Barack Obama

Don't Just Blame the Corps -- By: Stephen Spruiell

A federal judge has decided to hold the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers liable for the flooding in New Orleans that followed Hurricane Katrina. At issue is the Corps' maintenence of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO), a rarely used shipping channel ...

From STEPHEN SPRUIELL, The Corner,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Army Corps of Engineers,  U.S. Congress

Tom Friedman's Mansion Echoes with Cries of 'Where are My Green Technologies?' -- By: Stephen Spruiell

“What happens when developing nations with soaring vehicle populations get tens of millions of petroleum-powered cars at the same time as the global economy recovers and there’s no large global oil supply overhang?” asks Felix Kramer, the electric car ...

From STEPHEN SPRUIELL, National Review Online,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Thomas Friedman

Dude, Where's My Jobs Created or Saved? -- By: Stephen Spruiell

Now, Ed Pound, director of communications for Recovery.gov, has stepped in it too. When asked to explain the phenomenon of stimulus-related job creation in non-existent congressional districts, Pound told the New Orleans Times-Picayune, "who knows, man, ...

From STEPHEN SPRUIELL, The Corner,  18 Nov 2009

Insulate Your Home With Taxpayer Cash! -- By: Stephen Spruiell

In another state (Nevada), the massive influx of stimulus funds met with delays and confusion after organized labor claimed it wasn’t getting a big enough share. After the stimulus passed, Nevada Democrats passed a law requiring half the new workers to ...

From STEPHEN SPRUIELL, The Corner,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  AFL-CIO,  David Leonhardt,  John Murtha,  ACORN

$10,000 Per Car -- By: Stephen Spruiell

To better appreciate the scale of the bailout, it is instructive to divide the taxpayer's contribution of $79 billion by the number of vehicles [GM and Chrysler] sell. If the two sell 7.36 million vehicles during 2009 and 2010, the subsidy represents $1 ...

From STEPHEN SPRUIELL, The Corner,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chrysler

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