Thursday, February 5, 2009

50 De-Stimulating Facts - Chapter and verse on a bad bill

50 De-Stimulating Facts
Chapter and verse on a bad bill
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YjcyODIyZGM2MGU1ZDdkNDgxZDc3OTNjYjM4ZDY1ODI=

Source: National Review Online

1. $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts
2. $380 million in the Senate bill for the Women, Infants and Children program
3. $300 million for grants to combat violence against women
4. $2 billion for federal child care block grants
5. $6 billion for university building projects
6. $15 billion for boosting Pell Grant college scholarships
7. $4 billion for job-training programs, including $1.2 billion to provide youth summer jobs for people up to the age of 24
8. $1 billion for community development block grants
9. $4.2 billion for neighborhood stabilization activities
10. $650 million for digital TV coupons, including $90 million to educate vulnerable populations
POORLY DESIGNED TAX RELIEF:
11. $15 billion for business-loss carry-backs
12. $145 billion for Making Work Pay tax credits
13. $83 billion for the earned income credit
STIMULUS FOR THE GOVERNMENT:
14. $150 million for the Smithsonian
15. $34 million to renovate the Department of Commerce headquarters
16. $500 million for improvement projects for National Institutes of Health facilities
17. $44 million for repairs to Department of Agriculture headquarters
18. $350 million for Agriculture Department computers
19. $88 million to help move the Public Health Service into a new building next year
20. $448 million for constructing a new Homeland Security Department headquarters
21. $600 million to convert federal auto fleet to hybrids
22. $450 million for National Aeronautics and Space Administration
23. $600 million for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
24. $1 billion for the Census Bureau
INCOME TRANSFERS:
25. $89 billion for Medicaid
26. $30 billion for COBRA insurance extension
27. $36 billion for expanded unemployment benefits
28. $20 billion for food stamps
PURE PORK:
29. $4.5 billion for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
30. $850 million for Amtrak
31. $87 million for a polar icebreaking ship
32. $1.7 billion for the National Park System
33. $55 million for Historic Preservation Fund
34. $7.6 billion for rural community advancement programs
35. $150 million for agricultural commodity purchases
36. $150 million for producers of livestock, honeybees, and farm-raised fish
RENEWABLE WASTE:
37. $2 billion for renewable energy research
38. $2 billion for a clean-coal power plant in Illinois
39. $6.2 billion shall be for the Weatherization Assistance Program
40. $3.5 billion shall be for energy efficiency and conservation block grants
41. $3.4 billion shall be for the State Energy Program
42. $200 million shall be for state and local electric-transport projects
43. $300 million shall be for energy-efficient appliance rebate programs
44. $400 million for hybrid cars for state and local governments
45. $1 billion for the manufacturing of advanced batteries
46. $1.5 billion for green technology loan guarantees
47. $8 billion for innovative technology loan guarantee program
48. $2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstration projects
49. $4.5 billion for electricity grid
REWARDING STATE IRRESPONSIBILITY:
50. $79 billion for State Fiscal Stabilization Fund

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I've added a quote from your post to Trillion dollar job creation would make a lot of people rich but will it create jobs

Anonymous said...

My letters to my Senators...

Sen Thune,
Here is the request I sent to Sen Johnson since he seems to be confused. Would you please check in on him and further advise him if he still needs help? Thank you so much for ALL you are doing to protect your constituents from being robbed by the govt. God Bless, XXX

Dear Sen Johnson,
"Since all the top WORLD scientists are in agreement, then this should save us billions in that non-stimulus bill. Since you are a responsible South Dakotan, then we should be assured that you will have any pork/earmarks in the bill removed ASAP. Your tax paying constituents Thank You so much.

It's time to pray for global warming,
Flint Journal columnist John Tomlinson
by John Tomlinson Flint Journal Columnist
Monday January 19, 2009, 4:20 AM
snip...this is where the article continues