Oh boy

It's funny what the Republicans would claim is wasteful spending in the stimulus package. There is a list. Now don't get me wrong some of them they are right but for the most part they are wrong. Here is what I mean:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/02/gop.stimulus.worries/index.html

$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.

• A $246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion picture film.

I agree with Republicans here

$650 million for the digital television converter box coupon program.

I've been hearing about the switchover for a long time I heard they ran out of coupons for the coverters and millions of people still don't have theirs. Typical Republican want something but refuse to fund it

• $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship).

I agree with Republicans there

$448 million for constructing the Department of Homeland Security headquarters.

• $248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters.

Bush's baby the Department of Homeland Security would need priority funding I would think. Republicans of course don't think

$600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees.

Why would Republicans want to clean up the enviornment? This would help that

$400 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and prevent STD's.

Republicans refuse to think long term. More people who can prevent STD's and the earlier they are able to detect them the less long term heath care costs there will be.

$1.4 billion for rural waste disposal programs

Again Republicans refuse for whatever reason to help the enviornment

$125 million for the Washington sewer system.

$150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities.

$1 billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun of $3 billion.

$75 million for "smoking cessation activities."

Agree with Republicans here

$200 million for public computer centers at community colleges

To me this would be a no-brainer. But then again we are dealing with Republicans. Everyone should have access to computers.

75 million for salaries of employees at the FBI.

The people on the frontline in the United States on the War on Terror. They deserve it

$25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction

Agree with Republicans here

$500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River

One can only look to this past year for major flooding on the Mississippi. You don't think this would help?

$10 million to inspect canals in urban areas

Again looking to how Republicans failed New Orleans this doesn't surprise me

$6 billion to turn federal buildings into "green" buildings

Republicans won't want to help the enviornment at all.

$500 million for state and local fire stations

$650 million for wildland fire management on forest service lands

These I feel should be a state issue (I know Robert will faint when he sees this)

$1.2 billion for "youth activities," including youth summer job programs

Wouldn't putting people to work be a good thing

$88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service

$412 million for CDC buildings and property.

• $500 million for building and repairing National Institutes of Health facilities in Bethesda, Maryland

Again more healthy people less costs on the system long term. It's simple logic

$160 million for "paid volunteers" at the Corporation for National and Community Service.]

If they are volunteers they shouldn't be paid.

5.5 million for "energy efficiency initiatives" at the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration

Republicans probably right here

$850 million for Amtrak.

We need our rail systems working.

$100 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint.

Again the health issue

$75 million to construct a "security training" facility for State Department Security officers when they can be trained at existing facilities of other agencies.

Depends how state of the art the current facility is.

$110 million to the Farm Service Agency to upgrade computer systems.

Agree with Republicans here

• $200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy vehicles for use on military installations

Again the enviornment. I guess Republicans don't care.