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Posted by BA on 2/13/2009, 11:48 pm, in reply to "Stimulus Package???"
What is so sad is the fact that not one single solitary Congressman read the bill and don't have the faintest idea of how much "pork" is in it.
How can you responsibly vote on a bill when you have no idea of what you are voting for?
--Previous Message--
: 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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