OBAMA GOVERNMENT GRANTS: DO YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM?

First of all, if you are looking for grants specifically set aside for people like yourself that came about just because of President Obama, you need to know that they are not out there. There are no Obama government grants for you and I specifically created by the stimulus bill.

If you would like to see where the stimulus bill money is going, please take a look at the official website for keeping track of that here at recovery.gov. Spending any time on that site will show you that there are no grants going out to regular people and all the money is going to businesses as well as state and local governments.

That doesn't mean for sure that you haven't profited from the stimulus bill in some way. You might still have a job because of that bill or you might have gotten hired for a job that came about because of that bill. Money is being spread about everywhere and you might very well have indirectly benefited from some of the stimulus money and not even know it.

However, indirectly benefiting is not what people want as there is great need in this country. People are still losing their jobs and their homes and they need all the financial aid they can get. In times of need, grants come to mind for many people as they might have seen ads for them somewhere or heard about them through a friend.

This need for government grants from Obama has led to many shady ads on the Internet. Some companies will tell you that they can help get you a grant and all you have to do is sign up for a "free" CD and pay just $1.97 shipping. What you might not read in the fine print though are the details that say they will charge your credit card a monthly fee of $49.99 or $79.98 thereafter.

These suspect companies make it sound like they can guarantee you will get a grant and they cannot do that as no grant is a guarantee. Some of them also used pictures of Obama to sell their free grant assistance which was never free. The FTC got involved with that and has put a stop to some of these ads but there are still ones out there that are less than honest.

The truth is that the grant process is free. Unfortunately though, like anything the government gets involved with, it is confusing and difficult to figure out how to apply for them and this is where those Obama grants ads come in. They make it sound like they will do the work for you for free when in fact they will be charging you.