What did BIG technology companies do with stimulus funds?

This is a breaking story from Information Week’s CRN that I’m sure will have further implications and if it goes viral could impact the campaign in the remaining few days. check out the Link here.  If you can get past Steve Burke’s emotional reporting style, what he’s saying about how companies like IBM, Honeywell and GE got and used Federal ARRA funds might make voters think twice about how stacked the deck was in favor of technology businesses. Businesses who ended up laying off thousands of employees after receiving the funds and then spending on lobbying efforts with the Obama administration, and  spending on software and hardware for their own businesses. Well intentioned or ill advised, you be the judge.  – Reed Oftain