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UGOT2BKIDDIN asked:


Here are some interesting details on the “stimulus” package. If you would not mind forwarding this along to your friends, family, and contacts, it would be greatly
appreciated. The more info Americans have on this bill, the only thing stimulated will be anger and outrage, because none of this stimulates the economy or creates Jobs.
* The interest payments alone on the stimulus would cost $350 billion over
the next ten years, which means the next generation will have to pay the bills.
* The bill contains nothing in it that would stimulate the economy, but its only
a down-payment on big government spending. In reality, it’s a welfare proposal.
Wasteful Spending Provisions
* $2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power
plant in Illinois that the Dept. of Energy defunded last year because the project was inefficient
* $650 million for the digital television (DTV) converter box coupon program
* $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship)
* $448 million for constructing the Dept. of Homeland Security headquarters
* $248 million for furniture at the new Dept. of Homeland Security headquarters
* $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees
* $400 million for the CDC to screen and prevent STD’s
* $1.4 billion for a rural waste disposal programs
* $125 million for the Washington , D.C. 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 NIH facilities in Bethesda, MD
* $160 million for “paid volunteers” at the Corporation for
National and Community Service
* $5.5 million for “energy efficiency initiatives” at the VA
” National Cemetery Administration”
* $60 million for Arlington National Cemetery
* $850 million for Amtrak
* $100 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint
* $75M to construct a new “security training” facility for State Dept 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.
* $275 million for “watershed and flood prevention operations”
* Eliminates fees on loans from the Small Business Administration,
thus pushing private capital toward unproductive businesses and away
from productive businesses.
* Increases the definition of “youth” for certain summer job
programs from age 21 to age 24.

* $160 million to the Job Corps program at the Dept. of Labor, but
not for job programs - rather, to construct, alter or repair buildings.
* Requires a government study on the impact of minimum wage laws
on the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa .
* A $246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy
motion picture film.
* $79 billion State Fiscal Stabilization (slush) Fund to bailout
the States by providing billions of dollars for “education” costs of any kind.
* $47.843 billion is appropriated for a variety of energy programs
that are primarily focused on renewable energy development and energy
conservation/efficiency. Not one dollar is appropriated to make fossil
fuels more affordable in the near future. More than $6 billion of these
funds go to environmental clean ups.
* Increases eligibility for “weatherization” assistance to households 200
percent above the poverty level.
* The “Making Work Pay” credit of $500 to every individual making
less than $75,000 (or $1000 to couples making $150,000 or less) would
pay people whether they are productive or not - akin to welfare.
* The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP- food
stamps) would temporarily suspend the 3-month limit for non-working
adults to receive SNAP benefits, thus giving incentives not to find a job.
* Installs government as the creator of broadband deployment
regardless of whether the speci

Hilton

Jesus has my soul asked:


• $1 billion for Amtrak (which hasn’t turned a profit in 40 years)
• $50 Million for The National Endowment for the Arts
• $400 million for global-warming
• $2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstration projects
• $650 million for digital TV conversion coupons
• $600 million for the Federal Government to buy new hybrid cars
• $7 billion for modernizing federal buildings and facilities
• $81 billion for Medicaid
• $36 billion for expanded unemployment benefits
• $20 billion for food stamps
• $83 billion for the earned income credit for people who don’t pay income tax
• $252 billion is for income-transfer payments
• $246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion picture film
• $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker
• $448 million for constructing the Department of Homeland Security headquarters
• $248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters
• $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
• $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
• $25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction
• $500 million for state and local fire stations
• $6 billion to turn federal buildings into “green” buildings
• $88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service
• $412 million for CDC buildings and property
• $160 million for volunteers at the Corporation for National Community Service
• $200 million for reseeding the grass on the National Mall
• $300 million for Government to purchase “green” electric golf carts

I can NOT turn the other cheek on this people I am asahmed of my fellow human beings for voting and accepting this…

Burton

Rick asked:


http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/02/gop.stimulus.worries/index.html

$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.

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• $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.

Monty

fineDayguy asked:


…What will happen to the USA if this Budget is passed?

The Obama budget:
Increases net taxes by $1.35 trillion over the next 10 years.

How big is that number, you ask? it is over a Thousand Billions 1,350 Billions or over a million millions. 1,350,000 millions. His budget for one year, 2010, is almost as much money as America spent to prepare for AND fight WW II. The largest war in history.

Obama talks about sustainability in the environment. He Criticized the Bush Administration during the campaign for large deficits. Yet he is spending more than Bush, in just one year he is spending more than Bush did his entire 8 years in office. This is NOT SUSTAINABLE!!! What happens when budgets are not sustainable?

Enacts a $646 billion “Global Warming Tax” they call “cap-and-trade.” But the White House has already admitted the real cost could be “two-to-three” times higher. These new costs will be passed along to all of us in the form of higher prices on home energy, gasoline and food.
Raises taxes on Americans when they give to a charity! At a time when American non-profits are really hurting President Obama wants to increase taxes on charitable giving. Washington elites want our dollars going to government not private charities and that’s outrageous.
Increases the Death Tax back to the devastating 45 percent rate.
The budget lays the foundation for a government take over of health care, including hundreds of billions of dollars in higher taxes, a huge new bureaucracy, and possibly Canadian-style rationing of health care.
The budget sets aside hundreds of billions of dollars for more Wall Street bailouts!
Every program that has been on the big government wish list for the past decade is crammed into the Obama budget.

The Obama budget for 2010 creates a $1.3 trillion deficit, the largest in history. Think about this for a moment — from 1940 to 1944 we ran a total budget deficit of $1.65 trillion dollars (in today’s dollars) — while preparing to fight and actually fighting the largest war in history. Yet, President Obama runs a deficit almost that big in one year.

And, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the Obama budget for the next decade will pile up approximately $10 trillion in debt. That figure is probably much less debt than it actually will be if this budget is passed.

Call your Senators and Rep’s Now.
musicman
I appreciate you correcting the figures. You have the Obama budget as about 2.5 times larger than I stated, so the situation is even more dire than what I point out.

Ollie