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2-5-2009 12:15 PM
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sillysam says:
$448 million for constructing a new Homeland Security Department headquarters
$600 million to convert the federal auto fleet to hybrids
$450 million for NASA (carve-out for “climate-research missions”)
$600 million for NOAA (carve-out for “climate modeling”)
$1 billion for the Census Bureau
$89 billion for Medicaid
$30 billion for COBRA insurance extension
$36 billion for expanded unemployment benefits
$20 billion for food stamps
$4.5 billion for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
$850 million for Amtrak
$87 million for a polar icebreaking ship
$1.7 billion for the National Park System
$55 million for Historic Preservation Fund
$7.6 billion for “rural community advancement programs”
$150 million for agricultural-commodity purchases
$150 million for “producers of livestock, honeybees, and farm-raised fish”
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2-5-2009 12:16 PM
sillysam
$2 billion for renewable-energy research ($400 million for global-warming research)
$2 billion for a “clean coal” power plant in Illinois
$6.2 billion for the Weatherization Assistance Program
$3.5 billion for energy-efficiency and conservation block grants
$3.4 billion for the State Energy Program
$200 million for state and local electric-transport projects
$300 million for energy-efficient-appliance rebate programs
$400 million for hybrid cars for state and local governments
$1 billion for the manufacturing of advanced batteries
$1.5 billion for green-technology loan guarantees
$8 billion for innovative-technology loan-guarantee program
$2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstration project...
2-5-2009 12:23 PM
sillysam
That is roughly $228 billion worth of non-stimulus stimulus or as it is more commonly know- Pork.
2-5-2009 12:45 PM
gemfemfox
Funny how much of those "job creating" stimulus will be sent directly to Asia.

EPA and OSHA won't allow the batteries to be built here. The Hybrid cars are made in Japan.

I have to ask though, since global warming is melting the ice caps, why do we need to spend $87 million on ice breaking ships???? How is that possible? Wouldn't that money be better spent on deep freeze technology to glue the ice bergs back together?

Frickin' hypocrites all of them.
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