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Frog Britches

wrote:
Pelosi has produced a 40 year wish list for people who are only
interested in power. Obama ran against earmarks, this is the largest
earmark bill in history... Here is your stimulus

Global Warming

$2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstration projects Link

$400 million for global-warming research Link

Government Upgrades

$2.5 billion for the National Science Foundation Link

$2.0 billion for the National Park Service Link

$800 million for AMTRAK Link

$650 million for the U.S. Forest Service Link

$600 million for NASA Link

$276 million to the State Department to upgrade and modernize its
information technology Link

$150 million for maintenance work at the Smithsonian Institution Link

$209 million for maintenance work for the Federal Agricultural
Research Service Link

$44 million for repairs and improvements at the Washington, D.C.
headquarters of the Department of Agriculture Link

$245 million to upgrade the information technology of the Farm Service
Agency Link

The Coast Guard wants more than $572 million for “Acquisition,
Construction, & Improvements” They claim these funds will create 1,235
new jobs. Crunch the numbers and this brings the cost of “creating”
each job to a staggering $460,000+ Link

$200 million for Dep. of Defense to acquire alternative energy
vehicles. Link

$600 million for new cars for the federal government Link

$200 million to re-sod the National Mall Link

$400 million for a new Social Security Administration computer system
Link

$1.9 billion for the Energy Department for “basic research into the
physical sciences Link

Schools

$66B on education, but they specifically exclude private K-12 schools
from getting one dime of it. Link

$17 billion for Pell Grants Link

$13 billion in IDEA, Part B State grants to help pay for “the excess
costs of providing special education and related services to children
with disabilities. Link

$13 billion in Title I grants “to provide extra academic support to
help raise the achievement of students at risk of educational failure
or to help all students in high-poverty schools meet challenging State
academic standards Link

$6 billion goes to college and universities Link

$3.5 billion for higher education facilities. Link

$2.1 billion is for Head Start Link

$1 billion for Technology Education Link

$250-million for an after-school snack program. Link

Social Programs

$87 billion is to be spent on Medicaid, a welfare program already
costing roughly $400 billion per year Link

$83 billion for the earned income credit for people who don’t pay
income tax Link

$36 billion for expanded unemployment benefits Link

$20 billion for increased food stamps, including lifting restrictions
on how long welfare dependents can receive food stamp benefits. Link

$6 billion program to “weatherize modest-income homes Link

$5 billion is devoted to public housing Link

$3 billion for health care prevention and wellness programs, such as
childhood immunizations and other state and local public health
programs Link

$2 billion is to be spent on Child Care Development Block Grants,
which provide day care. Link

$1.7 billion is to be spent to help the homeless Link

$1.1 billion for so-called federal comparative effectiveness research
in regard to health-care services Link

$1 billion goes for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance program, to
help low income families pay their heating bills Link

$500 million to speed the processing of applications for Social
Security disability claims. Link

$200 million goes for senior nutrition programs, such as Meals on
Wheels Link

$200 million for AmeriCorps, to help satisfy “increased demand for
services for vulnerable populations to meet critical needs in
communities across the U.S. Link

$120 million to finance part-time work for seniors in community
service agencies. Link

$100 million to reduce lead-based paint hazards for children in low
income housing Link

MISC

New Programs $136 billion of the bill is for unproven ideas—to start
32 new federal programs. Link

$79 billion is to go the states to maintain their runaway government
spending, particularly for such spendthrift jurisdictions as
California, New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts Link

$5.2 billion for ACORN, the left-leaning nonprofit group under federal
investigation for massive voter fraud. Link “Community organizers,”
such as the left-wing lobbying group ACORN, would get their own new
slush fund of up to $750-million. Link

$4.2 billion provided to the Neighborhood Stabilization Fund, which
provides the funds to local governments to purchase and rehab vacant
housing due to foreclosure Link

$2 billion for Superfund cleanup Link

$1.2 billion for summer jobs for youth Link

$650 million for digital TV coupons to help Americans upgrade to
digital cable television Link

$335 million for sexually transmitted disease education and prevention
programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Link

$50 million for the National Endowment of the Arts to help “the arts
community throughout the United States.

$400 million for “habitat restoration projects” of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Link

$75 million for smoking cessation Link
Congress recommended a 25% increase in Disabled Veterans Compensation in
2007. Where is it???