No Federal Stimulus Money Available for U.S. Furniture Industry

But Mississippi congressman vows to help protect jobs

TUPELO, Miss. — Mississippi furniture industry leaders learned Tuesday that there’s no federal stimulus money available for the industry, but got a promise of support from a congressman, according to the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.

About 50 industry leaders met with Rep. Travis Childers, D-Miss., who told them no stimulus funds were targeted to help furniture manufacturing. But he listened to the leaders, toured a plant and promised to do what he could to help preserve industry jobs.

[Ed: The entitlement mentality is alive and well! Once you provide a handout to one, the others provide their hands out! When will this end? Answer: there’s no end in sight, because as long as the feds want to spend our money, the lobbyists will be banging on the doors.]