Do you agree that our elected Republicans are right on wasteful list of spending?
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Do you agree w/ the house Republicans-List of wasteful provisions…?
On Monday, House Republican leaders put out a list of what they call wasteful provisions in the Senate version of the nearly _0 billion_ stimulus bill that is being debated:
• billion earmark to re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power plant in Illinois that the Department of Energy defunded last year because it said the project was inefficient.
• A 6 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion picture film.
• 0 million for the digital television converter box coupon program.
• million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship) (global warming equipment?)
• 8 million for constructing the Department of Homeland
Security headquarters.
• 8 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters.
• 0 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees.
• 0 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and prevent STD’s.
• .4 billion for rural waste disposal programs.
• 5 million for the Washington sewer system.
• 0 million for Smithsonian museum facilities.
• billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun of billion.
• million for "smoking cessation activities." (what’s that?)
• 0 million for public computer centers at community colleges.
• million for salaries of employees at the FBI.
• million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction. (I thought they were exempt from the Fed. government)
+500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River.
• million to inspect canals in urban areas.
• billion to turn federal buildings into "green" buildings.
• 0 million for state and local fire stations.
• 0 million for wildland fire management on forest service lands.
• .2 billion for "youth activities," including youth summer job
programs. (Obama’s youth?)
• million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service.
• 2 million for CDC buildings and property.
• 0 million for building and repairing National Institutes of Health
facilities in Bethesda, Maryland.
• 0 million for "paid volunteers" at the Corporation for
National and Community Service. (paid volunteers?)
• .5 million for "energy efficiency initiatives" at the
Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration.
• 0 million for Amtrak, a business that’s been losing money for the past 20 years. ( I think Amtrak should be revamped)
• 0 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint.
• million to construct a "security training" facility for State
Department Security officers when they can be trained at existing facilities of other agencies.
• 0 million to the Farm Service Agency to upgrade computer systems.
• 0 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles for
use on military installations. (but O wants to cut our nukes by 80 percent?)
*If you were voting to spend _our_ money, is this how you would be doing it under the guise of "stimulus"?*
*Kentucky wisdom: "If it smells like a pig, and squeals like a pig, and
eats any slop that you serve it, then it is certainly a politician that is
pushing pork into what they would argue should be a legitimate bill.*
*Note: House Republicians have identified the above as wasteful.
What do you think?***
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Do you agree w/ the house Republicans-List of wasteful provisions…?
On Monday, House Republican leaders put out a list of what they call wasteful provisions in the Senate version of the nearly _0 billion_ stimulus bill that is being debated:
• billion earmark to re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power plant in Illinois that the Department of Energy defunded last year because it said the project was inefficient.
• A 6 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion picture film.
• 0 million for the digital television converter box coupon program.
• million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship) (global warming equipment?)
• 8 million for constructing the Department of Homeland
Security headquarters.
• 8 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters.
• 0 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees.
• 0 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and prevent STD’s.
• .4 billion for rural waste disposal programs.
• 5 million for the Washington sewer system.
• 0 million for Smithsonian museum facilities.
• billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun of billion.
• million for "smoking cessation activities." (what’s that?)
• 0 million for public computer centers at community colleges.
• million for salaries of employees at the FBI.
• million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction. (I thought they were exempt from the Fed. government)
+500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River.
• million to inspect canals in urban areas.
• billion to turn federal buildings into "green" buildings.
• 0 million for state and local fire stations.
• 0 million for wildland fire management on forest service lands.
• .2 billion for "youth activities," including youth summer job
programs. (Obama’s youth?)
• million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service.
• 2 million for CDC buildings and property.
• 0 million for building and repairing National Institutes of Health
facilities in Bethesda, Maryland.
• 0 million for "paid volunteers" at the Corporation for
National and Community Service. (paid volunteers?)
• .5 million for "energy efficiency initiatives" at the
Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration.
• 0 million for Amtrak, a business that’s been losing money for the past 20 years. ( I think Amtrak should be revamped)
• 0 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint.
• million to construct a "security training" facility for State
Department Security officers when they can be trained at existing facilities of other agencies.
• 0 million to the Farm Service Agency to upgrade computer systems.
• 0 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles for
use on military installations. (but O wants to cut our nukes by 80 percent?)
*If you were voting to spend _our_ money, is this how you would be doing it under the guise of "stimulus"?*
*Kentucky wisdom: "If it smells like a pig, and squeals like a pig, and
eats any slop that you serve it, then it is certainly a politician that is
pushing pork into what they would argue should be a legitimate bill.*
*Note: House Republicians have identified the above as wasteful.
What do you think?***
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