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A Dozen Fun Facts About the House Democrats' Massive Spending Bill

1. The House Democrats' bill will cost each and every household $6,700 additional debt, paid for by our children and grandchildren.

2. The total cost of this one piece of legislation is almost as much as the annual discretionary budget for the entire federal government.

3. President-elect Obama has said that his proposed stimulus legislation will create or save three million jobs. This means that this legislation will spend about $275,000 per job. The average household income in the U.S. is $50,000 a year.

4. The House Democrats' bill provides enough spending - $825 billion - to give every man, woman, and child in America $2,700.

5. $825 billion is enough to give every person living in poverty in the U.S. $22,000.

6. $825 billion is enough to give every person in Ohio $72,000.

7. Although the House Democrats' proposal has been billed as a transportation and infrastructure investment package, in actuality only $30 billion of the bill - or three percent - is for road and highway spending. A recent study from the Congressional Budget Office said that only 25 percent of infrastructure dollars can be spent in the first year, making the one year total less than $7 billion for infrastructure.

8. Much of the funding within the House Democrats' proposal will go to programs that already have large, unexpended balances. For example, the bill provides $1 billion for Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), which already have $16 billion on hand. And, this year, Congress has plans to rescind $9 billion in highway funding that the states have not yet used.

9. In 1993, the unemployment rate was virtually the same as the rate today (around seven percent). Yet, then-President Clinton's proposed stimulus legislation ONLY contained $16 billion in spending.

10. Here are just a few of the programs and projects that have been included in the House Democrats' proposal:

* $650 million for digital TV coupons.
* $6 billion for colleges/universities - many which have billion dollar endowments.
* $166 billion in direct aid to states - many of which have failed to budget wisely.
* $50 million in funding for the National Endowment of the Arts.
* $44 million for repairs to U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters.
* $200 million for the National Mall, including grass planting.
* $400 million for "National Treasures."

11. Almost one-third of the so called tax relief in the House Democrats' bill is spending in disguise, meaning that true tax relief makes up only 24 percent of the total package - not the 40 percent that President-elect Obama had requested.

12. $825 billion is just the beginning - many Capitol Hill Democrats want to spend even more taxpayer dollars on their "stimulus" plan.

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And then you take hussien nobama cheesing out with the stroke of a pen that freezes elite W House members pay raises. Oh my. What a revelation he has done for us taxpayers! And the mainstream press is all over this.

Wonder where they were last year when Bush implemented an actual cut in pay raise and cost of living raises for the start of the year 2008....for ALL federal employees? Not just some feel good dog and pony show for the press that only impacts the higest paid W House staff; who can afford it anyway.

 

Stimulus Plan

 

 

This is how the Stimulus Plan is going to work, so listen up and get a

lesson!   You have to understand the Economy to see how it works.

 

 

This year, taxpayers will receive an Economic Stimulus Payment This  is a

very exciting new program that I will explain using the Q and A  format:

 

"Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment? "

A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.

 

"Q. Where will the government get this money? "

A. From taxpayers.

 

"Q. So the government is giving me back my own money? "

A. Only a smidgen.

 

"Q. What is the purpose of this payment? "

A. The plan is that you will use the money to purchase a high- definition

 TV set, thus stimulating the economy.

"Q. But isn't that stimulating the economy of China? "

A.  Shut up."

 

 

Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the US economy by

spending  your stimulus check wisely:

 

If you spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to China.

 

If you spend it on gasoline it will go to the Arabs.

 

If you purchase a computer it will go to India.

 

If you purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to Mexico, Honduras, and

Guatemala (unless you buy organic).

 

If you buy a car it will go to Japan.

 

If you purchase useless crap it will go to Taiwan.

 

And none of it will help the American economy.

 

We need to keep that money here in America. You can keep the money in

America by spending it at yard sales, going to a baseball game, or spend

it on prostitutes, beer (domestic ONLY), or  tattoos, since those  are the

only businesses still in the US.  Sad, isn't it?

 

In the words of Larry the Cable guy, if you don't think that's funny then just get the he#% out of here...and go ahead and ban me