Tag: stimulus bill
By Jeralyn, Section Economy
Posted on Tue Feb 10, 2009 at 11:59:35 PM EST
Tags: stimulus bill (all tags)
Posted on Tue Feb 10, 2009 at 11:59:35 PM EST
Tags: stimulus bill (all tags)
"Give it away, give it away now."
Has anyone even bothered to read the House and Senate stimulus bills? The Wall St. Journal has a chart with the differences between the two. (Note: $=1000s.) They read like a Joe Biden crime bill. Pure pork and what on earth are they doing in a stimulus bill to help the economy and struggling Americans?
Every one of these needs to get tossed from this bill. No wonder we're going broke. Even the first one, which is laudable, doesn't belong in a stimulus bill.
- Funds for office supervising humane confinement of federal detainees.
House $0
Senate $100,000 - Justice spending oversight.
House $2,000
Senate $2,000 - Extra FBI agents to focus on crimes against children.
House $0
Senate $50,000 - Construction at US Marshals Service
House $0
Senate $100,000 - Extra hires to target mortgage fraud.
House $0
Senate $75,000 - Construction at FBI
House $0
Senate $300,000
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