Stimulus Pkg- resod the Nat'l Mall?
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Stimulus Pkg- resod the Nat'l Mall?
Just what it says. The morons in Washington are going to spend $200,000,000 on renovating the National Mall and that includes sod. This is suppose to stimulate who? Just how many permanent jobs do you see coming out of this? I thought the Democrats won on a "change" policy. Looks like the same crap coming out of Washington to me.
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And how is $360,000,000 going to create jobs when it's for slowing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. I wonder which one of the Obama supporters is getting this money? I guess the honeymoon is over and we are doomed for 4 more years of the same ol' crap. Bend over Mr. Taxpayer, we need some more of yer but. So much for campaign promises!
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And how is $360,000,000 going to create jobs when it's for slowing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. I wonder which one of the Obama supporters is getting this money? I guess the honeymoon is over and we are doomed for 4 more years of the same ol' crap. Bend over Mr. Taxpayer, we need some more of yer but. So much for campaign promises!
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I can tell you the argument... it stimulates the economy bc the guys laying the sod will get paid for doing so. It doesn't matter that it is a complete waste of money to begin with.
Fasten your seatbelts. There's a lot more where this came from!
Fasten your seatbelts. There's a lot more where this came from!
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There is plenty of stupid crap that the government is willing to waste money on with this "stimulus" package.
From the following link: http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=6719023
How many taxpayer dollars does it take to change a light bulb? Well, if you live in North Miami, Fla., your mayor says it would cost $2 million to switch households to energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs.
That's just one of 18,750 ready-to-go local job and infrastructure projects that the U.S. Conference of Mayors has proposed the federal government fund as part of the $825 billion economic stimulus plan.
There are plenty of suggestions for bridge repairs, road paving projects, new buses, trolley, garbage trucks and school improvements on the list.
But there is also $886,000 to build a 36-hole "disk-golf" course -- think Frisbee throwing meets golf -- in Austin, Texas, and $33,725 for automatically flushing toilets in Sumter, S.C. And don't forget the $1.4 million children's water park requested by Pine Bluff, Ark., and the $500,000 that Chula Vista, Calif., wants for a dog park.
From the following link: http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=6719023
How many taxpayer dollars does it take to change a light bulb? Well, if you live in North Miami, Fla., your mayor says it would cost $2 million to switch households to energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs.
That's just one of 18,750 ready-to-go local job and infrastructure projects that the U.S. Conference of Mayors has proposed the federal government fund as part of the $825 billion economic stimulus plan.
There are plenty of suggestions for bridge repairs, road paving projects, new buses, trolley, garbage trucks and school improvements on the list.
But there is also $886,000 to build a 36-hole "disk-golf" course -- think Frisbee throwing meets golf -- in Austin, Texas, and $33,725 for automatically flushing toilets in Sumter, S.C. And don't forget the $1.4 million children's water park requested by Pine Bluff, Ark., and the $500,000 that Chula Vista, Calif., wants for a dog park.
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Just what it says. The morons in Washington are going to spend $200,000,000 on renovating the National Mall and that includes sod. This is suppose to stimulate who? Just how many permanent jobs do you see coming out of this? I thought the Democrats won on a "change" policy. Looks like the same crap coming out of Washington to me.
http://james4america.wordpress.com/2...national-mall/
And how is $360,000,000 going to create jobs when it's for slowing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. I wonder which one of the Obama supporters is getting this money? I guess the honeymoon is over and we are doomed for 4 more years of the same ol' crap. Bend over Mr. Taxpayer, we need some more of yer but. So much for campaign promises!
http://james4america.wordpress.com/2...national-mall/
And how is $360,000,000 going to create jobs when it's for slowing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. I wonder which one of the Obama supporters is getting this money? I guess the honeymoon is over and we are doomed for 4 more years of the same ol' crap. Bend over Mr. Taxpayer, we need some more of yer but. So much for campaign promises!
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With folks at DHL having to pull their kids out of college because they lost their jobs and can't pay for the college... if they get jobs laying sod, building water parks, dog parks, or whatever else the government comes up with, and then they have the money they earned to pay for their kid's college educations... I am all for building stuff.
