WOW my state(california) wants a lot of money, almost 1800 projects..big shock there..
NOT
Doorbells? The great thing about this horrible bill is that it provides insight into the Democrat mind.
bttt
Doorbells and the 2 dog parks? Unbelievable!
WOW! What a site. Thanks!
Send this to every local Talk Radio person you know!
” Doorbells ? “
Does that make the Democrats the Ding Dong Party ?
500k for a dog park ???
Why should taxpayers pay for a convention center hotel in Dallas, TX?
WTF?!?!? This is the biggest piece of bullshit I have ever seen! This must be stopped!
Now if somebody can get a breakdown like that, why can’t the government have a breakdown by city as to income tax payments?
Then, the next time someone proposes a bill that cost “only” $20-mil, the opposition can say “That’s the entire taxes of the people in XX city/state.” Cyphers don’t get taxpayers upset, maybe personalizing it will.
Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Great link!!!
I looked at our local transfer of wealth. One thing that popped out was the fourteen million for the downtown library. My husband and every other person in the private sector has been hectored for the last five years to give a donation to the library. No one is willing to give money. The library has become a de facto homeless shelter. The last time I went, I accompanied my high school daughter and there was a guard who sole job was to wake up the homeless or kick them out if they fell asleep. I wish that I was kidding.
How are they going to maintain these projects after they are built?
There was a hundred million dollar private gift to our town several years ago to construct a civic center. In the end the cost was twice what the initial proposal was. And now the city won’t take title because they can’t afford the maintenance on the building.
What happens when the cost of these projects exceeds the cost allotted? We all know that in government that is a given. Give us some. We need more. How are they going to maintain this?
INSANITY. Total insanity!
Here’s $1.5 million tax dollars soon to be down the drain:
http://www.stimuluswatch.org/project/search/prostitution
San Diego, California. Twenty million bucks for the “downtown quiet zone”.
Somebody correct me if my thinking is incorrect, but the claimed “jobs being created” for these projects is largely bogus. For at least the infrastructure work, most of the construction will be carried out by people already having state jobs.
For instance, let me just pull a random infrastructure project off a list - Road Resurfacing and Reconstruction, Selected Roads, in Auburn AL, for 10 million big ones. It says that 35 jobs will be created. This is not true, however. What will happen is that the project will temporarily occupy 35 personnel from either the Alabama Dept. of Transportation, or the local county or municipal equivalent. No job is being created, we merely have gubmint jobs being preserved by massive infusions of tax dollars.
It figures. All the projects cited for New York State are in large Democratic cities.
The Great Ear-Mark bill of 2009.
Bringing the pork home.
17 Billion for one project in Puerto Rico? They aren’t even a state.
Mark for a later read, just in case my day is going too well and I feel the need to be ill.
Appalling. I’ve already sent it to several friends and family around the country. I’ve also cast a bunch of “No” votes. When I think how hard we work to earn and save money, this makes me sick to my stomach.