warm up those printing presses

I disagree that some of these should be labeled as 'wasteful' but when I look at the numbers... A lot of bad mistakes and greedy people got us to where we're at and I'm scared that this 'stimulus' (at least in it's current form) is another bad idea. It just seems to me that the party writing this bill is using it as a chance to send a Thank You to everyone that helped put them in power. Where's the line item for my favorite libtard? I'd still be against this package but at least I'd know for certain that some of the money was going to a good person. I also wouldn't mind seeing 50 THOUSAND for myself, it'd pay off all my debts (minus the house) and what I had left over would make a good down payment for a new one in Nevada - do that for us little people and I'm sure that'd have an effect on the economy. I'm sure my friend Bef wouldn't mind some too along with my sisters....heck how about ALL the little people. Screw these CEO's making millions, help the middle class since we're the ones that do a lot of the shopping.

blah, blah blah....it's time for breakfast. I just wish I had more confidence in what the citizens of this country will be paying for for a long, long time.



(CNN) -- On Monday, House Republican leaders put out a list of what they call wasteful provisions in the Senate version of the nearly $900 billion stimulus bill that is being debated:


The Senate is currently the nearly $900 billion economic stimulus bill.

• $2 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 $246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion picture film.

• $650 million for the digital television converter box coupon program.

• $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship).

• $448 million for constructing the Department of Homeland Security headquarters.

• $248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters.

• $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees.

• $400 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and prevent STD's.

• $1.4 billion for rural waste disposal programs.

• $125 million for the Washington sewer system.

• $150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities.

• $1 billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun of $3 billion.

• $75 million for "smoking cessation activities."

• $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges.

• $75 million for salaries of employees at the FBI.

• $25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction.

• $500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River.

• $10 million to inspect canals in urban areas.

• $6 billion to turn federal buildings into "green" buildings.

• $500 million for state and local fire stations.

• $650 million for wildland fire management on forest service lands.

• $1.2 billion for "youth activities," including youth summer job programs.

• $88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service.

• $412 million for CDC buildings and property.

• $500 million for building and repairing National Institutes of Health facilities in Bethesda, Maryland.

• $160 million for "paid volunteers" at the Corporation for National and Community Service.

• $5.5 million for "energy efficiency initiatives" at the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration.

• $850 million for Amtrak.

• $100 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint.

• $75 million to construct a "security training" facility for State Department Security officers when they can be trained at existing facilities of other agencies.

• $110 million to the Farm Service Agency to upgrade computer systems.

• $200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles for use on military installations.