Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Ever Increasing Economic Stimulus
Via National Review Online
Senate Stimulus Waste:
$2 Billion earmark for future generation near zero power plant in Mattoon, Illinois;
$39 Billion slush fund for "State Fiscal Stabilization" bailouts;
$5.5 Billion to make federal building Green;
$200 Million for computer centers at community colleges and libraries;
$750 Million earmark for National Computer Center in Maryland
$650 Million for DTV converter transition program;
$1 Billion for Administrative costs;
$1.2 Billion for constructing new buildings for Federal Prison System, FBI & U.S. Marshal Service;
$2 Billion for manufacturing advanced batteries for hybrid vehicles;
More Congressional Pork projects here from NetRight Nation
Hundreds of Economists Against Stimulus here from CATO Institute
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