The "this is economic stimulus?" Thread

Lucrum · Feb 3, 2009

Quote from hapaboy:

crickets chirping...

In the meantime, per CNN, the GOP just released this list of questionable items in the Senate version of the "stimulus" package:

â¢ $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.

â¢ A $246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion picture film.

â¢ $650 million for the digital television converter box coupon program.

â¢ $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship).

â¢ $448 million for constructing the Department of Homeland Security headquarters.

â¢ $248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters.

â¢ $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees.

â¢ $400 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and prevent STD's.

â¢ $1.4 billion for rural waste disposal programs.
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â¢ $125 million for the Washington sewer system.

â¢ $150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities.

â¢ $1 billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun of $3 billion.

â¢ $75 million for "smoking cessation activities."

â¢ $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges.

â¢ $75 million for salaries of employees at the FBI.

â¢ $25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction.

â¢ $500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River.

â¢ $10 million to inspect canals in urban areas.

â¢ $6 billion to turn federal buildings into "green" buildings.

â¢ $500 million for state and local fire stations.

â¢ $650 million for wildland fire management on forest service lands.

â¢ $1.2 billion for "youth activities," including youth summer job programs.

â¢ $88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service.

â¢ $412 million for CDC buildings and property.

â¢ $500 million for building and repairing National Institutes of Health facilities in Bethesda, Maryland.

â¢ $160 million for "paid volunteers" at the Corporation for National and Community Service.

â¢ $5.5 million for "energy efficiency initiatives" at the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration.

â¢ $850 million for Amtrak.

â¢ $100 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint.

â¢ $75 million to construct a "security training" facility for State Department Security officers when they can be trained at existing facilities of other agencies.

â¢ $110 million to the Farm Service Agency to upgrade computer systems.

â¢ $200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles for use on military installations.
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I see all the pork.

Is the real "stimulus" package coming out later?

FeenixRizin · Feb 3, 2009

Quote from Dr. Zhivodka:

You just have't been with the right Congressional leader....mmmm that's some good Pelosi.
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Another Admission ... I've jerked off to Pelosi ...

it's stimulating, like bashing your head with a hammer

stock_trad3r · Feb 3, 2009

Since we're in a deflationary economic environment printing money is warranted.

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The "this is economic stimulus?" Thread

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