Posted by
Billy email MADBillyD@aol.com on Tuesday, November 03, 2009 12:05:29 PM
The $787 billion stimulus bill was passed in February and was promised as a job saver and economy booster. Here is where some of the money went:
- $300,000 for a GPS-equipped helicopter to hunt for radioactive rabbit droppings at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state.
- $30 million for a spring training baseball complex for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.
- $11 million for Microsoft to built a bridge connecting its two headquarter campuses in Redmond, Wash., which are separated by a highway.
- $430,000 to repair a bridge in Iowa County, Wis., that carries 10 or fewer cars per day.
- $800,000 for the John Murtha Airport in Johnstown, Pa., serving about 20 passengers per day, to built a backup runway.
- $219,000 for Syracuse University to study the sex lives of freshmen women.
(So this is what President Obama meant about bringing change to America and giving us an economy booster. Reading this makes you feel great about paying taxes to Uncle Sam doesn't it? Not! Read more from the list on how your tax money is being wasted.)
