Can We Please Call a Spade a Spade! More Bullsh*t Special Interest Earmarks DISGUISED as an Economic Stimulus Bill Worth $825 BILLION Taxpayer Dollars

CNN: Nancy Pelosi to Wolf Blitzer: I promise there will be no pork in the stimulus! This was just last week.


CNN Lou Dobbs: Major Pork In Obama Stimulus Package

I would just like to tell our President and our Democratic Congress, create your own Foundation so that ALL of you may contribute money out of your pocketbooks and not the taxpayers. At least 90% of this bill is LACED with special interest contributions. How dare you try to pass this legislation as an economic stimulus package.

Oh and how much is being directly given to the taxpayer? A measly $500 in tax credits, $1,000 for a couple. President Barack Obama, you INSULT the American Taxpayer with this sneaky wasteful bill. At least former President Bush offered the taxpayers rebate CHECKS worth $600 for individuals and $1,200 for couples and $300 child tax credit. His economic stimulus bill was worth a total of $152 billion. Also, if you are one of the millions receiving unemployment compensation President Obama has honored your hard work by granting you a $25 increase in your weekly benefit amount. Wow, what a guy! That's really going to stimulate the economy.[/sarcasm]

H.R. 1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

(aka Economic Stimulus bill)

Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.

The following is just a short list I've pulled from the summary I have linked for you below:

• $2.5 billion in temporary welfare payments
• $1 billion for home heating subsidies
• $20 billion to increase food stamp benefits
• $1 billion for community action agencies (ACORN)
• $5 billion for repair and construction projects in Public Housing Units
• $2.5 billion to renovate and retrofit Federally Assisted Housing Units to make them more energy efficient
• $1.5 billion for the HOME program to rehabilitate and construct housing, as well as fill in financing gaps - (HOME funds are reserved for people at or below 80 percent (80%) of Average Median Family Income)
• $100 million to address lead based paint threats in Public Housing Units
• $600 million to replace a portion of the Federal vehicle fleet with alternative fuel vehicles
• $7.7 billion for construction and repairs of Federal buidlings
• $4.5 billion for sustainment, maintenance and repair of Department of Defense facilities
• $3 billion for National Science Foundation
• $600 million for NASA research
• $6.575 for Department of Commerce Grant program
• $4 billion for the Department of Justice Grant Program
• $50 million for grants through the National Endowment for the Arts
• $335 million for treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.
• $75 million to fund programs to help people quit smoking.
• $21 million to re-sod the National Mall, which suffered heavy use during the Inauguration.

Please click here to read the entire STIMULUS WASTEFUL SPENDING SUMMARY in PDF format! I wish I could copy and paste this information onto the blog. However, the PDF file is six (6) pages long. Each earmark has been itemized for easy viewing totalling a whopping $825 BILLION tax-payer dollars.