GOP Strategist Can’t Name A Single Piece Of Stimulus Pork

[Jagger]

GOP Strategist Can’t Name A Single Piece Of Stimulus Pork

http://www.dailykostv.com/v/000797.html

[Kathianne]

GOP Strategist Can’t Name A Single Piece Of Stimulus Pork

http://www.dailykostv.com/v/000797.html

I'll take your word for it. Blame the source, there's plenty of pork in porkulus.

[Jagger]

I'll take your word for it. Blame the source, there's plenty of pork in porkulus.

Define "pork."

[moderate democrat]

and most all forms of "pork" are also economic stimulus.... building a bridge across the mississippi at moline, illinois might be "porK" according to your standards, but there can be no doubt that it will create jobs and economic activity and will improve our country's badly deteriorating infrastructure.

[emmett]

GOP Strategist Can’t Name A Single Piece Of Stimulus Pork

http://www.dailykostv.com/v/000797.html

[DannyR]

very humorous and embarrassing for the guy, but people make too much of these sort of slips on the camera.

[Kathianne]

and most all forms of "pork" are also economic stimulus.... building a bridge across the mississippi at moline, illinois might be "porK" according to your standards, but there can be no doubt that it will create jobs and economic activity and will improve our country's badly deteriorating infrastructure.

Really? No other way to cross? LOL! Fuktard and liar.

[moderate democrat]

Really? No other way to cross? LOL! Fuktard and liar.

the I-74 bridge was built in the 50's and, is not only in bad shape structurally, but is also only four thin lanes two in each direction with no breakdown lane.

it iz literally a choke point on the east west commercial lifeline...but I would have thought that an Illinois teacher would have known that... liar and overweight slut.

what's good for the moderator "goose" is good for the newbie "gander". be nice, and I'll be nice...call me a "liar" and a "fuktard" and don't expect me to genuflect for you honey.

[Kathianne]

the I-74 bridge was built in the 50's and, is not only in bad shape structurally, but is also only four thin lanes two in each direction with no breakdown lane.

it iz literally a choke point on the east west commercial lifeline...but I would have thought that an Illinois teacher would have known that... liar and overweight slut.

what's good for the moderator "goose" is good for the newbie "gander". be nice, and I'll be nice...call me a "liar" and a "fuktard" and don't expect me to genuflect for you honey.

whatever loser. In any case, no need for more stimulus. In actuality the bridge is fine and there isn't a 'rush hour' there.

[moderate democrat]

whatever loser. In any case, no need for more stimulus. In actuality the bridge is fine and there isn't a 'rush hour' there.

ever been there? I have. It is a terrible old bridge... built in two sections...the first done in the 30s or 40s...two lane toll bridge, and then, in the early 50's an identical bridge was built right next to it...both are in terrible shape... and both are in desperate need of replacement. That is not a lie and I am not a fucktard for saying so.... fat bitch.

[Mr. P]

Define "pork."

Waste...
Funds that benefit a select few or small geographic area or that duplicate already existing programs or budgets and not the country as a whole. A few examples. Show me the economic stimulus that we will all see from these.


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

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

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

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

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

• $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees.

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

• $1.4 billion for rural waste disposal programs.

• $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."

• $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges.

• $75 million for salaries of employees at the FBI.

• $25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction.

• $500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River.

• $10 million to inspect canals in urban areas.

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

• $500 million for state and local fire stations.

• $650 million for wildland fire management on forest service lands.

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

• $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.

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

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

• $850 million for Amtrak.

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

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

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

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

[DannyR]

• $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship).
• $400 million for the Centers for Disease Control to screen and prevent STD's.
• $150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities.
• $1 billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun of $3 billion.
• $10 million to inspect canals in urban areas.
• $500 million for state and local fire stations.
• $650 million for wildland fire management on forest service lands.
• $412 million for CDC buildings and property.

The above are the only programs on the list I can see having the biggest impact and not really geared toward any specific group but serving the nation at large:

Coast guard icebreakers help keep shipping lanes open and protect our Navy's right of passage - national defense issue
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/wo.../17arctic.html

CDC funding qualifies as public health

I'll never complain about the Smithsonian. Its a national treasure serving everyone

Census is mandated by the Constitution, and employs a LOT of people. Expensive, but necessary.

Given the failure of canal waterbreaks with Katrina, I have no problem with this either. Better safe than sorry and the nation as a whole picking up the bill for some later flood.

Depending on how the money is spread, don't have an issue funding firemen and managing federal lands. Keeping our houses from burning is certainly a task appropriate to the government (although not usually at the federal level)

CDC funding again, see above. I work right next to the CDC's main Atlanta campus, and renovation of many of the older buildings is long past due.

[Yurt]

and most all forms of "pork" are also economic stimulus.... building a bridge across the mississippi at moline, illinois might be "porK" according to your standards, but there can be no doubt that it will create jobs and economic activity and will improve our country's badly deteriorating infrastructure.

this purported moderate democrat supports pork....

(((shocker)))

[moderate democrat]

this purported moderate democrat supports pork....

(((shocker)))

this real life moderate democrat supports spending money to stimulate the economy after eight years of YOUR stupid fucking party's leadership got us into this mess. (((shocker)))

[Mr. P]

The above are the only programs on the list I can see having the biggest impact and not really geared toward any specific group but serving the nation at large:

Coast guard icebreakers help keep shipping lanes open and protect our Navy's right of passage - national defense issue
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/wo.../17arctic.html

CDC funding qualifies as public health

I'll never complain about the Smithsonian. Its a national treasure serving everyone

Census is mandated by the Constitution, and employs a LOT of people. Expensive, but necessary.

Given the failure of canal waterbreaks with Katrina, I have no problem with this either. Better safe than sorry and the nation as a whole picking up the bill for some later flood.

Depending on how the money is spread, don't have an issue funding firemen and managing federal lands. Keeping our houses from burning is certainly a task appropriate to the government (although not usually at the federal level)

CDC funding again, see above. I work right next to the CDC's main Atlanta campus, and renovation of many of the older buildings is long past due.

But none of the above will stimulate the economy which is, after all, what the "stimulus" is suppose to be all about. No?