Other than the 5% for roads, what on this Stimulus list will actually HELP get over this financial crisis? ?

Other than the 5% for roads, what on this Stimulus list will actually HELP get over this financial crisis? ?600 billion+ SO FAR of the "stimulus" package isWASTE
50m National Endowment for the Arts
60m Mob museum in Vegas
850mWildfire prevention in California
200m "study" electric cars for use in government
650m additional $ $ $ for DTV
400m NOAA to study habitat restoration
44m Repair to AG HQ in DC
276m State Department computer upgrades
600m to NASA for "global warming" research
600m "to help doctors, nurses and dentists" "prepare" for universal health care
209m maintenance upgrades to USDA research building
400m "upkeep upgrades" of "national treasures" like National Mall and
Smithsonian
…but that's chump change compared to this:
1 bn to preserve 500 at risk salmon in CA
275bn to "refundable" tax credits (welfare checks)
30bn for "roads and bridges" (that's about 5% of the "stimulus" being spent on
real "infrastructure")
100bn to expand Medicaid
150bn to explore "alternative" energy
3.1bn for parks and fisheries improvements
20bn "nutritional assistance for middle income" Americans –this is an expansion
of food stamps to 400% of the poverty line!!!
1.5bn to build community health centers
1.9bn to the DOE to do …sit down…"basic research on physical sciences"!!!!
2.7bn for "rural water disposal" (this is to research how to get rural homes off
septic and on to sewer…really, it is)
2.5bn for "upgrades" and energy efficiency for government run housing
6.2bn to "weatherize" low income homes
2.4bn for "carbon capture technology"
350 m for std prevention
75m smoking cessation
870m bird flu
572m Coast Guard for job creation (translates to 460k per job created)
25m for ATV trail maintenance
1.5bn for "carbon capture contest"

The Republican
Not much is going toward stimulating the economy, just stimulating material things in the country.

Lucky
The stimulus is a joke, just a big spending bill. When all the libs are in the unemployment line maybe they will get it.

julvrug
Hm still wondering where all the promised jobs are going to come from, looking at this list, I just don't see it. Only plus, I might get food stamps rather than a job and real money to keep my home.

rukidding
Huh, I heard it was 3%. Thanks for the list.

Maybe we're being unreasonable. After all, someone has to dig up the National Mall and lay down the $ 21 million worth of sod. LOL

sjwanderer
It has been proven in the past that pumping imaginary dollars into the economy doesn't work and very little of what you listed will help. The only thing that has proven out over time is real tax cuts but they need 2-10 years to see the benifit.

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