Here's a list of 100 examples of stimulus waste:
http://coburn.senate.gov/public/inde...9-8091b533464f
Some of my favorites:
Non-Existent Oklahoma Lake in Line for Over $1 Million To Construct a New Guardrail
Ten Thousand Dead People Get Stimulus Checks
Wisconsin nursing home receives $2.8 million in stimulus money it didn’t need or request.
Iowa state legislators are using money freed up by federal stimulus cash to buy $11 million in new cars the State does not need.
Ohio state legislators oppose the governor’s plans to use $57 million for “planning and
preliminary studies instead of bricks-and-mortar construction."
Rather than help welfare recipients obtain jobs and escape poverty, $1 million will be used
to study whether 300 people in Chicago are healthier when living in “green” public housing
facilities.
The National Institute of Health gives Indiana University professor $356,000 to study how
kids perceive foreign accents.
$10 million will be used for school lunch equipment and education technology in Oshkosh,
Wisconsin.
Yale and the University of Connecticut are receiving $850,000 in stimulus for research “to
study how paying attention improves performance of difficult tasks.”
Maine to spend over $1.3 million on “government arts jobs,” including $30,000 for basket
makers, $20,000 for story telling, and $12,500 for a music festival.
Rochester, New York is getting millions to extend an art trail.
The National Institutes of Health is giving Yale University $680,100 in stimulus funds to
study the effectiveness of diet and exercise at reducing obesity.
Washington, North Carolina is using stimulus funds to pay for “project-funding manager”
whose job it is to secure even more stimulus funds.
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources will spend $1.7 million to grow oysters.
Stimulus program paying $2.5 million for beach enhancement studies.
“Microsoft Bridge” in Seattle will receive $11 million in stimulus funds.
Portland, Oregon will spend $1 million in stimulus funds for bike lockers.
The Phoenix Police Department is expecting to receive $5.4 million in stimulus cash for
new equipment that will not result in job creation.
Montana’s state-run liquor warehouse will receive $2.2 million in stimulus cash to install
skylights.
Eugene, Oregon will spend $2.25 million stimulus dollars to construct a 1,000 foot long bike
path,
The Bureau of Land Management is using stimulus funds to study the impact wind farms
have on the sage grouse population in Oregon.
I'm sooooooooo glad my tax dollars are being spent wisely. I can almost feel that "jolt" to the economy.
Notice how much of this garbage is money used to "study" something? Pathetic. That's just some special people getting fatter wallets at our expense with
nothing in return.
I don't remember seeing these items on the government website either. Oh that's right, it's not operational "yet".
