Examples of non-stimulative or questionable spending in the stimulus

Pasted below is a list of egregious spending in the Democrats so called stimulus bill and the Legislative Digest for the H.R. 1 Conference Report.

Questionable or Non-Stimulative Spending:

• $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts
• $2 billion for the Neighborhood Stabilization Fund, providing funds to organizations such as ACORN, which has been accused of practicing unlawful voter registration in recent elections
  
• $10 million for the inspection of canals in urban areas
  
• $100 million for grants to small shipyards
  
• $300 million for the Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program
  
• $2 billion to support the manufacturing of advanced vehicle batteries
  
• $1 billion for Community Development Block Grants
  
• $170 million for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to research the cause, effects and ways to mitigate climate change
  
•  $200 million for Americorps and other paid “volunteerism” programs
  
• $400 million for NASA to accelerate climate research missions
  
• $5.5 billion for federal buildings (GSA), including $4.5 billion to convert federal buildings into “high-performance green buildings” and $450 million for a new headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security. 
  
• $142 million for the Coast Guard to alter or remove 4 obstructive bridges
  
• $25 million for the Smithsonian Institution for maintenance backlogs
  
• $1 billion for expenses in conjunction with the 2010 decennial census
  
• $1 billion for a Prevention and Wellness Fund, which can be used for sexually transmitted disease (STD) education and prevention programs at the CDC
  
• $500 million for a health professions training program—funding which an earlier committee report said were allocated because, “a key component of attaining universal health care reform will be ensuring the supply of primary care providers.”
  

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