According to a Wall Street Journal estimate, only about 12 cents of every dollar will actually go to ,,,?

something that can plausibly be considered a growth stimulus."

-- $100 million for the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program
-- $200 million to the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program
-- $300 million for "Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs"
-- $900 million for the IRS for the "Limitation on Administrative Expenses"
-- $1 million for the Railroad Retirement Board for administrative costs
-- $2 billion for the Drinking Water State Revolving Act
-- $50 million for Health and Human Services to carry out injury prevention programs
-- $1.1 billion for studies on the effectiveness of different medical treatments -- $200 million to upgrade labs and facilities for the Department of Agriculture "to improve workplace safety and mission-area efficiencies"
-- $10 million for urban canal inspection
-- $16 billion to pay for student financial aid
-- $1 billion to pay for the U.S. Census
-- $600 million to pay for a fuel-efficient federal auto fleet
-- $650 million for the Digital Converter Box Program to help the constantly delayed transition from analog television
-- $485 million to the Forest Service for "hazardous fuels reduction and hazard mitigation activities in areas at high risk of catastrophic wildfire"
-- Up to $1 billion for "summer activities" for youths as old as 24
-- $40 million for the occupational research agenda
-- $3 billion for the Centers for Disease Control wellness programs and vaccinations
-- $410 million for Indian health facilities
-- $2.4 billion for carbon-capture demonstrations

Do we think that this is a responsible use of our non-existant tax dollars? If you think not.....contact your representatives.

I especially love the $650 million dollar allowance for digital converter boxes. <rolling eyes>

There are a few of those measure that I would consider supporting - _if_ they had been placed in seperate bills to be debated on their own merits.

In general, the bill was nothing but a bloated piece of pork and the writers had no intention of doing anything about the overall US economy.

You describing million, we are taking about being 20 Trillion in the hole and digging fast deeper.
People don't get it.
I Million is 1/1000,000 of 1 Trillion. It really doesn't matter anymore, since the Pentagon outspends any bailout money with frivolous useless war games oversees, producing only coffins.

This is what the fools wanted. What can we really do about it now other than say I told u so. Power is everything and it is now in the hands of the incompetent.

This is terrifying to read
We are going to be bankrupted to oblivion, and furthermore our american dollar will be grossly devalued