Stimulus OR March to Socialism?

You decide.

$1 billion for Amtrack that hasn't turned a profit in 40 years. Stimulus or Government Control?

$50 Million for the National Endowment for the Arts. Stimulus or Government Control?

$400 Million for global-warming research. Stimulus or Government Control?

$2.4 Billion for carbon-capture DEMONSTRATION projects. Stimulus or Government Control?

$650 Million for digital TV conversion coupons. Stimulus or Government Control?

$81 Billion for medicaid. Stimulus or Government Control?

$20 Billion for food stamps. Stimulus or Government Control?

$30.3 Billion for COBRA insurance extensions. Stimulus or Government Control?

$4.2 Billion to increase SSI. Stimulus or Government Control?

$2.5 Billion increase in welfare. Stimulus or Government Control?

$1.0 Billion nutrition programs. Stimulus or Government Control?

Am I a broken record yet?? This really is ridiculous and ALL politicians are to blame! What's worse is the American people are to blame for not paying attention to what our politicians have been doing the last decade to get us here.

$66 Billion for education (that's what the entire department of education spent a decade ago). But they also included language that states NONE of the money for education can go to a single student attending a private school. So is that money for "the children" or for great control over government run schools?

The interest paid on this stimulus package, if paid off by 2020 (which will not happen) will be $347 Billion. aei-brookings.org projects the war in Iraq will actually cost around $299 Billion from October 2007- December 2015 (that's in real dollars) . Where are all the democrats that complained about the wasted money on a war we cannot win. Here we will be paying more for nothing...absolutely nothing!!

And don't forget the $600 Million to "prepare the nation for universal health care". Sounds pretty stimulating to me.