why are smoking cessation activities wasteful? On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some great stimulus numbers that I ran some quick addition on. Here's > the summary: > > Total: $900 Billion > Tax Cuts: 33% > Agreed Stimulus: 64% > Alleged Pork: 2.1% > > So that's the squawk. 2 fecking percent. And looking at the list I'd > say more than half isn't "wasteful". I've also heard Obama has > "ordered" it taken out. BUT 2%??? That's controversy?? wtf. > > Judge for yourself (my ruling in parens): > ------------------------------------------------------------- > $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. (not wasteful) > > A $246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion > picture film. (not wasteful) > > $650 million for the digital television converter box coupon > program. (not wasteful) > > $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker > (arctic ship). (not wasteful) > > $448 million for constructing the Department of Homeland Security > headquarters. (not wasteful) > > $248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security > headquarters. (not wasteful) > > $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees. (not wasteful) > > $400 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and > prevent STD's. (not wasteful) > > $1.4 billion for rural waste disposal programs. (not wasteful) > > $125 million for the Washington sewer system. (not wasteful) > > $150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities. (not wasteful) > > $1 billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun > of $3 billion. (not wasteful) > > $75 million for "smoking cessation activities." (wasteful) > > $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges. (not > wasteful) > > $75 million for salaries of employees at the FBI. (not wasteful) > > $25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction. (not wasteful) > > $500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River. > (not wasteful) > > $10 million to inspect canals in urban areas. (not wasteful) > > $6 billion to turn federal buildings into "green" buildings. (not wasteful) > > $500 million for state and local fire stations. (not wasteful) > > $650 million for wildland fire management on forest service lands. > (not wasteful) > > $1.2 billion for "youth activities," including youth summer job > programs. (not wasteful) > > $88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health > Service. (not wasteful) > > $412 million for CDC buildings and property. (not wasteful) > > $500 million for building and repairing National Institutes of > Health facilities in Bethesda, Maryland. (not wasteful) > > $160 million for "paid volunteers" at the Corporation for National > and Community Service. (not wasteful) > > $5.5 million for "energy efficiency initiatives" at the Department > of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration. (not wasteful) > > $850 million for Amtrak. (not wasteful) > > $100 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint. (not wasteful) > > $75 million to construct a "security training" facility for State > Department Security officers when they can be trained at existing > facilities of other agencies. (not wasteful) > > $110 million to the Farm Service Agency to upgrade computer systems. > (not wasteful) > > $200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles > for use on milita > >
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