• $2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power plant in Illinois that the Department of Energy defunded last year because it said the project was inefficient.
• A $246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion picture film.
• $650 million for the digital television converter box coupon program.
• $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship).
• $448 million for constructing the Department of Homeland Security headquarters.
• $248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters.
• $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees.
• $400 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and prevent STD's.
• $1.4 billion for rural waste disposal programs.
• $125 million for the Washington sewer system.
• $150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities.
• $1 billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun of $3 billion.
• $75 million for "smoking cessation activities."
• $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges.
• $75 million for salaries of employees at the FBI.
• $25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction.
• $500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River.
• $10 million to inspect canals in urban areas.
• $6 billion to turn federal buildings into "green" buildings.
• $500 million for state and local fire stations.
• $650 million for wildland fire management on forest service lands.
• $1.2 billion for "youth activities," including youth summer job programs.
• $88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service.
• $412 million for CDC buildings and property.
• $500 million for building and repairing National Institutes of Health facilities in Bethesda, Maryland.
• $160 million for "paid volunteers" at the Corporation for National and Community Service.
• $5.5 million for "energy efficiency initiatives" at the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration.
• $850 million for Amtrak.
• $100 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint.
• $75 million to construct a "security training" facility for State Department Security officers when they can be trained at existing facilities of other agencies.
• $110 million to the Farm Service Agency to upgrade computer systems.
• $200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles for use on military installations.
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How about everyone stop spending money they don't have.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, the world eCONomy would collapse!
No different from what we are witnessing right now.
I see the automakers had a very swell month!
Oh well, I guess we can just spend what we don't have until the party ends.
Bankers and investors, with their irresponsible complex financial instruments created this crisis! The financial equations have become so complex that the brightest mathematical minds, the world over, don't know what they mean anymore.
ReplyDeleteIf they banks hadn't collapsed, debt personal debt would not be a problem, in fact, it would have countinued to be a blessing!
As far as the bailout, to hell with the banks getting one big fat welfare check after another. They've recieved enough money. Let the bad banks go down and give aid to the American people who are hungry and homeless (which does not include me for the moment).
Completely missing the point. It's not about "good government" at this point, it's about preventing our entire society from cratering. It really almost doesn't matter what the money gets spent on as long as it makes money move and keeps people in jobs. Private individuals and corporations are sitting on their money because they are scared, and so the economy grinds to a halt. The government starts throwing money around by the shovelful, not because this is generally a great idea but because it's probably the least bad option. If it works we'll have a hell of a bill to pay back tomorrow. If it doesn't work, we'll all be too worried about what kind of cat food is closest to being fit for human consumption to worry about the national debt anyway.
ReplyDeleteHilarious blog comment from wonkette.com: Al Qaeda uses a cave complex. They can rent a couple of caves to the Dept of Homeland Security.
ReplyDeleteOut of a half a trillion spent in Iraq, Republicans don't want 75 million for smoking cessation. After all, healthy lungs are overrated.
ReplyDeleteYou don't get it!
ReplyDeleteIt's not about Rep. or Dem. It's about the spending on projects that have nothing to do with stimulating the economy. This is NOT a stimulus bill...It's a spending bill.
oh, by the way don't you know we don't have the money for any of this?
The end result of this careless spending will be the devaluation of the dollar protect yourself accordingly if you value your way of life.
This economic situation "WAS & IS" orchestrated and perpetuated to bring about "THERE" solution to "THE" problem. They created the crisis to bring in "THERE" solution... New World (DIS) Order........ Can you say fallen angels...Planet Niburu.....13 bloodlines SEE >> YOUTUBE-2012.pt13. Something You Should Know...
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