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Stimulus Package full of Pork Barrel Spending (See List)

by politisite | June 16, 2009 at 10:34 am

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Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) put out a report today of the Top 100 Stimulus projects that appear to be pork barrel projects. One example of this is 3.4 million dollars to provide safe passage for wildlife under a Florida Bridge. No More "Chicken cross the road" Jokes as now the chickens can go under the bypass. See full report for the 100 Ridicules Projects that are about to be implemented. See Coburn's report Conversely the White House has issued a report as well. See 100 projects

Sen. Tom Coburn is offering a GOP counterpoint to a recent White House report that extolled the early successes of the $787 billion stimulus program.

The White House report focused on 100 projects that administration officials believe demonstrate the wisdom of the massive fast-spending effort to jolt the economy back to health.

Coburn's report essentially says "Wait one minute there, fellas." It's called "A Second Opinion on the Stimulus," and it features 100 projects that the senator and his staff believe show the waste and foolishness of some stimulus spending.

An LA Times story this morning says the report "contends the Obama administration's stimulus program is fraught with waste and incompetence -- evidenced by a turtle crossing in northern Florida that will cost more than $3 million and a snafu in which thousands of Social Security checks went out to people who had died."