Recovery website

[Chris]

Here's the link to the recovery bill website...

Home | Recovery.gov

 

[Goodfella]

I like the $8 billion under the "Other" category. Very transparent there.

 

[Modbert]

I like the $8 billion under the "Other" category. Very transparent there.

I enjoy how's that the only thing wrong you could find with the website.

$8 billion for "other" is simply $8 billion for things not included in the major categories. Do not fret your head, it will all be reported.

 

[Goodfella]

They also have cute little charts like this one showing how insignificant the "Other" category is. But, after all, it is still $8 Billion!!!!




By the way, which one is Earth?

 

[del]

Here's the link to the recovery bill website...

Home | Recovery.gov

is this the website that obama was going to have up for 5 days before bills got voted on like he promised during the campaign?

he's just a little late.

 

[Goodfella]

I like the $8 billion under the "Other" category. Very transparent there.

I enjoy how's that the only thing wrong you could find with the website.

$8 billion for "other" is simply $8 billion for things not included in the major categories. Do not fret your head, it will all be reported.

I've only looked at the site for 2 minutes so far.

 

[Chris]

Here's the link to the recovery bill website...

Home | Recovery.gov

is this the website that obama was going to have up for 5 days before bills got voted on like he promised during the campaign?

he's just a little late.

Yes, there's been no reporting the last month about what the stimulus contains. No debates on the floor of Congress covered 24 hours a day by 2 C-SPAN channels and multiple 24 hour news networks.

How could we know what was happening with the stimulus?

 

[auditor0007]

Don't worry; they know what they're doing. That's why we elected them.

 

[del]

Here's the link to the recovery bill website...

Home | Recovery.gov

is this the website that obama was going to have up for 5 days before bills got voted on like he promised during the campaign?

he's just a little late.

Yes, there's been no reporting the last month about what the stimulus contains. No debates on the floor of Congress covered 24 hours a day by 2 C-SPAN channels and multiple 24 hour news networks.

How could we know what was happening with the stimulus?

silly me to think that he'd keep a campaign promise.
way to completely miss the point, chrissie, you're record remains intact.

 

[Chris]

is this the website that obama was going to have up for 5 days before bills got voted on like he promised during the campaign?

he's just a little late.

Yes, there's been no reporting the last month about what the stimulus contains. No debates on the floor of Congress covered 24 hours a day by 2 C-SPAN channels and multiple 24 hour news networks.

How could we know what was happening with the stimulus?

silly me to think that he'd keep a campaign promise.
way to completely miss the point, chrissie, you're record remains intact.

Way to make a useless point, del.

 

[del]

Yes, there's been no reporting the last month about what the stimulus contains. No debates on the floor of Congress covered 24 hours a day by 2 C-SPAN channels and multiple 24 hour news networks.

How could we know what was happening with the stimulus?

silly me to think that he'd keep a campaign promise.
way to completely miss the point, chrissie, you're record remains intact.

Way to make a useless point, del.

high praise from the master of useless points.
i'm glad you're okay with obama breaking his promises.
i know you were pretty far up his ass early on.
bravo!

 

[Chris]

silly me to think that he'd keep a campaign promise.
way to completely miss the point, chrissie, you're record remains intact.

Way to make a useless point, del.

high praise from the master of useless points.
i'm glad you're okay with obama breaking his promises.
i know you were pretty far up his ass early on.
bravo!

And you are pretty far up your own ass.

 

[jeffrockit]

I like the $8 billion under the "Other" category. Very transparent there.

I enjoy how's that the only thing wrong you could find with the website.

$8 billion for "other" is simply $8 billion for things not included in the major categories. Do not fret your head, it will all be reported.

Here is a few ($billion$) more:


$1 billion for Amtrak, which hasn’t earned a profit in four decades.
$2 billion to help subsidize child care.
$400 million for research into global warming.
$2.4 billion for projects to demonstrate how carbon greenhouse gas can be safely removed from the atmosphere.
$650 million for coupons to help consumers convert their TV sets from analog to digital, part of the digital TV conversion.
$600 million to buy a new fleet of cars for federal employees and government departments.
$75 million to fund programs to help people quit smoking.
$21 million to re-sod the National Mall, which suffered heavy use during the Inauguration.
$2.25 billion for national parks. This item has sparked calls for an investigation, because the chief lobbyist of the National Parks Association is the son of Rep. David R. Obey, D-Wisc. The $2,25 billion is about equal to the National Park Service’s entire annual budget. The Washington Times reports it is a threefold increase over what was originally proposed for parks in the stimulus bill. Obey is chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
$335 million for treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.
$50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts. $4.19 billion to stave off foreclosures via the Neighborhood Stabilization Program. The bill allows nonprofits to compete with cities and states for $3.44 billion of the money, which means a substantial amount of it will be captured by ACORN, the controversial activist group currently under federal investigation for vote fraud. Another $750 million would be exclusively reserved for nonprofits such as ACORN – meaning cities and states are barred from receiving that money. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., charges the money could appear to be a “payoff” for the partisan political activities community groups in the last election cycle.
$44 million to renovate the headquarters building of the Agriculture Department.
$32 billion for a “smart electricity grid to minimize waste.
$87 billion of Medicaid funds, to aid states.
$53.4 billion for science facilities, high speed Internet, and miscellaneous energy and environmental programs.
$13 billion to repair and weatherize public housing, help the homeless, repair foreclosed homes.
$20 billion for quicker depreciation and write-offs for equipment.
$10.3 billion for tax credits to help families defray the cost of college tuition.
$20 billion over five years for an expanded food stamp program.

I'm sure these will stimulate the economy!

 

[Goodfella]

I like the $8 billion under the "Other" category. Very transparent there.

I enjoy how's that the only thing wrong you could find with the website.

$8 billion for "other" is simply $8 billion for things not included in the major categories. Do not fret your head, it will all be reported.

Here is a few ($billion$) more:


$1 billion for Amtrak, which hasn’t earned a profit in four decades.
$2 billion to help subsidize child care.
$400 million for research into global warming.
$2.4 billion for projects to demonstrate how carbon greenhouse gas can be safely removed from the atmosphere.
$650 million for coupons to help consumers convert their TV sets from analog to digital, part of the digital TV conversion.
$600 million to buy a new fleet of cars for federal employees and government departments.
$75 million to fund programs to help people quit smoking.
$21 million to re-sod the National Mall, which suffered heavy use during the Inauguration.
$2.25 billion for national parks. This item has sparked calls for an investigation, because the chief lobbyist of the National Parks Association is the son of Rep. David R. Obey, D-Wisc. The $2,25 billion is about equal to the National Park Service’s entire annual budget. The Washington Times reports it is a threefold increase over what was originally proposed for parks in the stimulus bill. Obey is chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
$335 million for treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.
$50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts. $4.19 billion to stave off foreclosures via the Neighborhood Stabilization Program. The bill allows nonprofits to compete with cities and states for $3.44 billion of the money, which means a substantial amount of it will be captured by ACORN, the controversial activist group currently under federal investigation for vote fraud. Another $750 million would be exclusively reserved for nonprofits such as ACORN – meaning cities and states are barred from receiving that money. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., charges the money could appear to be a “payoff” for the partisan political activities community groups in the last election cycle.
$44 million to renovate the headquarters building of the Agriculture Department.
$32 billion for a “smart electricity grid to minimize waste.
$87 billion of Medicaid funds, to aid states.
$53.4 billion for science facilities, high speed Internet, and miscellaneous energy and environmental programs.
$13 billion to repair and weatherize public housing, help the homeless, repair foreclosed homes.
$20 billion for quicker depreciation and write-offs for equipment.
$10.3 billion for tax credits to help families defray the cost of college tuition.
$20 billion over five years for an expanded food stamp program.

I'm sure these will stimulate the economy!

Most of those will fit in other categories like Infrastructure and Science, Protecting the Vulnerable, Health Care, and Tax Relief and not the "Other" category.

 

[Xenophon]

The 'other' is the cost of that web site, the gov is just so good at handling money.

 

[Goodfella]

Also, can someone help me understand this?

"$650 million for coupons to help consumers convert their TV sets from analog to digital, part of the digital TV conversion."

This switch should have been done already and will been done in the next few months. Why are we giving money to people to help them switch?

 

[xsited1]

Here's the link to the recovery bill website...

Home | Recovery.gov

They should include a link to the Rape Recovery website.

 

[WillowTree]

84 billion to "protect the vulnerable" and he dosen't mean tiny little babies

 

[WillowTree]

Also, can someone help me understand this?

"$650 million for coupons to help consumers convert their TV sets from analog to digital, part of the digital TV conversion."

This switch should have been done already and will been done in the next few months. Why are we giving money to people to help them switch?

cause they are poor and need new HD TV sets.. thanks for asking.

 

[Goodfella]

Also, can someone help me understand this?

"$650 million for coupons to help consumers convert their TV sets from analog to digital, part of the digital TV conversion."

This switch should have been done already and will been done in the next few months. Why are we giving money to people to help them switch?

cause they are poor and need new HD TV sets.. thanks for asking.

Yep, they really need HD for this switch. Not just regular old cable.