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  • Stimulus Funded.... Sandwiches?

    So. This morning, Drudge posted these links: • RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $2,531,600 FOR 'HAM, WATER ADDED, COOKED, FROZEN, SLICED, 2-LB'... • RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $1,191,200 FOR '2 POUND FROZEN HAM SLICED'... • RECOVERY.GOV // AWARDED: $1,562,568 FOR 'MOZZARELLA...
    Posted to AIP Blog by Tabitha Hale on 07-20-2009
    Filed under: pork, stimulus, Department of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack
  • Oink, Ouch: Pork in the Health Care Bill

    Guess what’s in the health bill Congress has been working on? Aside from terrible policies designed to put our nation on the path to single-payer government care that will bankrupt the country and harm the health of millions of Americans, I mean. The Boston Globe reports: Tucked within is a provision...
    Posted to AIP Blog by Alexa Shrugged on 07-13-2009
    Filed under: wasteful spending, pork, health care, bike paths, jungle gyms
  • It's Your Stimulus Money: $4 Million for Bike Path

    Unemployment is at the highest it's been in decades, the American people are hurting. Here comes President Obama's stimulus package to the rescue . . . with a $4 million project to add a bike and pedestrian path to a bridge? You read that correct, the Kansas City Star reports this planned project...
    Posted to AIP Blog by Alexa Shrugged on 07-08-2009
    Filed under: pork, stimulus package, stimulus, bike paths
  • $250,000 Earmark for Private Seattle Club

    Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) is coming under scrutiny for an earmark request for an exclusive private club. The Seattle Times has the story: A $250,000 request to fund a "window repair and limestone sill replacement" at The Rainier Club — one of Seattle's premier private clubs, whose...
    Posted to AIP Blog by Alexa Shrugged on 06-24-2009
    Filed under: wasteful spending, pork, earmarks, Rainier Club, McDermott
  • Which is the worst of the top 100 most wasteful stimulus projects?

    See the blog post on the top 10 here and the full 100 report by Sen. Coburn here . A few more of my favorites: 12. South Dakota fish hatchery to spend half of a $20,000 grant on a freezer for fish sperm. Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery already has three cryo freezers for storing sperm from pallid...
    Posted to Projects by Alexa Shrugged on 06-23-2009
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