Hey liberals, explain the pork bill for me?

•$1 billion for Amtrak
•$2 billion for child care subsidies
•$50 million for National Endowment for the Arts
•$400 million for global warming research
•$2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstration projects
•$650 million for digital TV conversion coupons
•$600 million for the feds to buy new cars
•$150 million for honey bee insurance
•$87 million for an icebreaker ship to be used in the Arctic Ocean
•$6 billion to subsidize university building projects
•$20 million for fish barriers
•$7 billion for modernizing federal buildings and facilities
•$75 million to fund programs to help people quit smoking
•$2.25 billion for national parks
•$335 million for treatment and prevention of STDs
•$32 billion for smart electricity grid to minimize waste
•$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 taxes
•$53.4 billion for science facilities, high speed internet, and other miscellaneous energy and environmental programs
•$13 billion for to repair and weatherize public housing, help the homeless, and repair foreclosed homes
•$20 billion for quicker depreciation and write-offs for equipment
•$10.3 billion for tax credits to help families defray the cost of college tuition
•$20 billion over five years for an expanded food stamp program

> The Congressional Budget Office places the total cost of the stimulus bill, more like spending bill, at $1.17 trillion due to interest on loans needed to fund the bill, which is the lowest it could possibly be.
>Only 5% is going towards repairing America's infrastructure, which was Obama's initial idea for the bill.
>Only $90 billion of the stimulus bill is considered to be a possible growth stimulus according to the Wall Street Journal.
Heres the links for you:

http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/stimulus_pork_spending/2009/01/29/176503.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123310466514522309.html
- Modernizing our electric grid stimulates our economy?
- Energy programs stimulate our economy?
- Tax credits for education really helps too.
- Amtrak hasn't produced a profit in 40 years but lets throw them $1 billion.
- Our economy is not built on cheap oil and that shows how little you know about the subject.

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