Another pathological liar for a President.
$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). [Isn’t breaking polar ice some sort of Global Warming felony?]
$248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters.
$600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees. [This is what is known as Hoax Pork]
$400 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and prevent STD’s. [$400 billion to teach people to wear a condom?]
$75 million for “smoking cessation activities.”
$200 million for public computer centers at community colleges. [What ever happened to using tuition?]
$25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction.
$6 billion to turn federal buildings into “green” buildings. [More Hoax Pork]
$500 million for state and local fire stations. [Didn’t I already pay for these with my state and local taxes?]
$1.2 billion for “youth activities,” including youth summer job programs. [Welfare]
$160 million for “paid volunteers” at the Corporation for National and Community Service. [What the hell is that?]
$5.5 million for “energy efficiency initiatives” at the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration. [And again, more Hoax Pork]
$850 million for Amtrak. [Amtrak runs a billion dollar per year deficit - good money after bad]
$100 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint. [which was outlawed and hasn’t been used since the 1970’s]
$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. [More Hoax Pork]
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It is a golden opportunity to create a crisp line between the power-drunk tax and spend liberals and fiscally conservative Republicans who want to preserve taxpayer money at a time when it is needed most.
Um....which one stimulates the economy?
>>>It is a golden opportunity to create a crisp line between the power-drunk tax and spend liberals and fiscally conservative Republicans who want to preserve taxpayer money at a time when it is needed most.
So if the Democrats were to strip out this say $10B of projects, then the GOP would be okay with the other $890B and pass the bill?
bookmarked for later reading