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Posted by vix on 2/13/2009, 11:26 am
Just what are they stimulating? The anger of the US taxpayer???
no pork? Obama said on tv that there was NO PORK...
what are they calling it now? oh, stimulus, it is now called stimulus...
and WHERE again are the jobs?
Here are the two files that contain the final text of the Spendulus Bill as downloadable pdf files:
Section A:
hr1_legtext_cr.pdf
Section B:
021209 Leg text of Divsion B of the American Recovery and Reinvestm...
Here is the Joint Committee on Taxation's breakdown of the so-called tax cuts which are not tax cuts. As you will see, this is more endless tinkering with the tax code to push the liberal agenda. A $400 tax credit (which nets $8/week in 2010 for the average worker eligible) is not a tax cut. Even if we believe these numbers the total tax-related "stimulus" in 2009 is just over $90 billion -- a fraction of the total bill.
x-19-09.pdf
Sen. McConnell's office reports the following pork:
-- Tax Benefits For Golf Carts, Electric Motorcycles and ATVs:
--300 Million For Federal Employee Company Cars
--$1 Billion For ACORN-Eligible Block Grants:
--$50 Million For An Arts Endowment
-- $165 Million For Fish Hatcheries
Fox News readers have found the following pork (pulled directly from article):
--NASA is set to receive $450 million for "Science" and another $200 million for "Aeronautics."
--$198 million in pensions for Filipinos who fought alongside the U.S. during WWII.
--More than $28 billion is being provided to put kids in special education, Head Start and child care and development programs for disadvantaged children.
--$100 million for the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program
-- $200 million to the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program
-- $300 million for "Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs"
-- $900 million for the IRS for the "Limitation on Administrative Expenses"
-- $1 million for the Railroad Retirement Board for administrative costs
-- $2 billion for the Drinking Water State Revolving Act
-- $50 million for Health and Human Services to carry out injury prevention programs
-- $1.1 billion for studies on the effectiveness of different medical treatments
-- $200 million to upgrade labs and facilities for the Department of Agriculture "to improve workplace safety and mission-area efficiencies"
-- $10 million for urban canal inspection
-- $16 billion to pay for student financial aid
-- $1 billion to pay for the U.S. Census
-- $600 million to pay for a fuel-efficient federal auto fleet
-- $650 million for the Digital Converter Box Program to help the constantly delayed transition from analog television
-- $485 million to the Forest Service for "hazardous fuels reduction and hazard mitigation activities in areas at high risk of catastrophic wildfire"
-- Up to $1 billion for "summer activities" for youths as old as 24
-- $40 million for the occupational research agenda
-- $3 billion for the Centers for Disease Control wellness programs and vaccinations
-- $410 million for Indian health facilities
-- $2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstrations
http://www.resistnet.com/profiles/blogs/final-spendulus-pork-listing
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