Top 10 Porkiest Projects in the Stimulus Bill

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Top 10 Porkiest Projects in the Stimulus Bill

Timothy W.
Attorney · Raleigh, NC · Member since 2008 · 4k+ posts · 1k+ votes

Yes....these are completely real and were in the stimulus bill. I am not kidding. Here's the "Change" that was voted into office.


10. $1.7 million "for a honey bee factory" in Weslaco, TX

9. $475,000 to build a parking garage in Provo City, Utah

8. $200,000 for a tattoo removal violence outreach program that could help gang members or others shed visible signs of their past

7. $300,000 for the Montana World Trade Center

6. $1 million for mormon cricket control in Utah

5. $650,000 for beaver management in North Carolina and Mississippi

4. $2.1 million for the Center for Grape Genetics in New York

3. $332,000 for the design and construction of a school sidewalk in Franklin, Texas

2. $2 million “for the promotion of astronomy†in Hawaii

1. $1.7 million for pig odor research in Iowa


The irony of #1 cannot be faked......

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  • Josh Bryan
    Aurora, IL · Member since 2008 · 153 posts · 20 votes
    17y

    not shocking at all lol

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  • Jon Holdman
    Rental Property Investor · Mercer Island, WA · Member since 2008 · 22k+ posts · 14k+ votes
    17y

    I thought honey bees came from bee hives. Since when do they make them in a factory?

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  • Richard Warren
    Real Estate Investor · Las Vegas, NV · Member since 2008 · 1k+ posts · 447 votes
    17y
    Originally posted by Tim Wieneke:

    1. $1.7 million for pig odor research in Iowa


    The irony of #1 cannot be faked......


    That odor is comnig from a swampy area about 1,000 miles to the east of Iowa.

    :cool:

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  • Will BarnardPro Member
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    Developer · Santa Clarita, CA · Member since 2008 · 15k+ posts · 10k+ votes
    17y
    Originally posted by Jon Holdman:
    I thought honey bees came from bee hives. Since when do they make them in a factory?
    Actually, controlled envorinments for honey bees is how we get our honey production we consume.

    Be that as it may, how in the hell do these itmes stimulate our economy?

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  • Harrison Painter
    Indianapolis, IN · Member since 2008 · 759 posts · 185 votes
    17y

    Are they Nationalizing honey production too? :lol:

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  • Timothy W.
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    Attorney · Raleigh, NC · Member since 2008 · 4k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    17y

    I think that in this economy with things like this going on, we're going to see another round of layoffs.....in Congress.

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  • Dave P.
    Real Estate Consultant · Member since 2008 · 792 posts · 30 votes
    17y

    Actually, controlled envorinments for honey bees is how we get our honey production we consume.
    Be that as it may, how in the hell do these itmes stimulate our economy?

    How, and why do you know that?

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  • Will BarnardPro Member
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    Developer · Santa Clarita, CA · Member since 2008 · 15k+ posts · 10k+ votes
    17y

    I have a branch II pest control license and am a bee expert. I have killed and removed many bees from attics and inside walls in homes and buildings and through my studies, have learned lots about bees.

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  • Will BarnardPro Member
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    Developer · Santa Clarita, CA · Member since 2008 · 15k+ posts · 10k+ votes
    17y

    As far as the nationalization of honey, I would not put it past thme to charge a triple tax for all honey. Why stop at all the other taxes Obama is adding for us (which by the way was suppose to reduce our middle class taxes - remember - "time for change") What a joke!!!!!!!!!

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  • Richard Warren
    Real Estate Investor · Las Vegas, NV · Member since 2008 · 1k+ posts · 447 votes
    17y
    Originally posted by nationwidepi:
    remember - "time for change") What a joke!!!!!!!!!



    Now I understand what he meant by “change.†By the time he’s done change is all you’ll have left in your pockets!

    :cool:

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  • Will BarnardPro Member
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    Developer · Santa Clarita, CA · Member since 2008 · 15k+ posts · 10k+ votes
    17y

    No doubt Richard, very funny and true!

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  • Jon Holdman
    Rental Property Investor · Mercer Island, WA · Member since 2008 · 22k+ posts · 14k+ votes
    17y

    Sort of gives some perspective to "worker bees", huh?

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  • Jason Wheeler
    Pleasant Hill, CA · Member since 2008 · 428 posts · 43 votes
    17y

    Is anyone really surprised?

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  • Harrison Painter
    Indianapolis, IN · Member since 2008 · 759 posts · 185 votes
    17y

    So........I can not trust that the government to do the right thing? :crazed:


    P.S. Just pay me 1.2 Million and I will give you my full pig odor report.

    What the hey, ask not what my country can do for me, but what I can do for my country!

    So this one is on me.....

    They smell bad!

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  • James Hiddle
    Altus, OK · Member since 2008 · 2k+ posts · 690 votes
    17y

    4. $2.1 million for the Center for Grape Genetics in New York

    Yes we need more grape genetic research here in the USA as well as orange and banana genetic research :roll:

    Oh and yes they do need that parking garage in Provo City I see they thought of those poor poor children and midgets begging for that garage :roll: :roll:

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  • Hal Cranmer
    Real Estate Investor · Lakeville, MN · Member since 2008 · 153 posts · 17 votes
    17y

    Thought everyone might like these guys:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4hrnbhIHDY&eurl=http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/&feature=player_embedded

    They are going around presenting invoices for the stimulus bill to American people to show them what Obama is doing to our debt.

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  • Timothy W.
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    Attorney · Raleigh, NC · Member since 2008 · 4k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    17y

    That is hilarious Hal! Man, I bet they pissed some people off....lol.

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  • Will BarnardPro Member
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    Developer · Santa Clarita, CA · Member since 2008 · 15k+ posts · 10k+ votes
    17y

    What a crack up. I want to go out with tax payers clearing house. I would do it for free!!! At least get some benefit from this crap.

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