Change you can believe in?
Apparently the Democrats have taken the Bush administrations terrible financial bailout idea as a green light to indulge in their wildest government spending fantasies. Talk about fear mongering. They keep telling us this is the worst financial crisis since the great depression. So they had to rush through and pass a one trillion dollar bailout that our kids and grandkids will be paying off. If it was really as dire a situation as they are claiming, would the following insanely expensive pork earmarks be in this bill?
- $1 billion for Amtrak.
- $2 billion to help subsidize child care.
- $400 million for research into global warming.
- $2.4 billion for projects to demonstrate how carbon greenhouse gas can be safely removed from the atmosphere.
- $650 million for coupons to help consumers convert their TV sets from analog to digital, part of the digital TV conversion.
- $600 million to buy a new fleet of cars for federal employees and government departments.
- $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.
- $335 million for treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.
- $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts.
- $44 million to renovate the headquarters building of the Agriculture Department.
- $20 billion over five years for an expanded food stamp program.
And the list goes on… Porkulus list courtesy of Newsmax.com
So what exciting “changes” can we look forward to next? Well there’s the auto industry bailout, socialized health care, and probably an economic stimulus 2.0 when 1.0 doesn’t work. Debt, debt and more debt.
