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  • The Democratic Porkfest Bill of 2009

    01/28/2009 9:17:57 AM PST · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 30 replies · 1,159+ views
    Hot Air ^ | 9:30 am on January 28, 2009 | Ed Morrissey
    The Wall Street Journal calls it the “40-year Wish List”.  Michelle calls it the “Generational Theft Act”.  Others have started calling it the Obama-Pelosi-Reid Debt Act.  Whatever name one gives it, the least likely is stimulus.  The WSJ calculates that no more than 12 cents on the dollar in the trillion-dollar whale goes to actual economic stimulus, and that the rest go to Democratic wish lists for electoral advantage: We’ve looked it over, and even we can’t quite believe it. There’s $1 billion for Amtrak, the federal railroad that hasn’t turned a profit in 40 years; $2 billion for child-care...