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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	Yes, I do
	Date:	2/13/2009 4:11:33 PM

You list the amounts, but you don't provide the details of how the money can be spent. A lot of times, these kinds of earmarks have conditions associated with them.

Some of it clearly should be in another kind of bill, not a stimulus package, at least on the surface. But don't forget, Congress (both sides, both houses) have never forgone an opportunity to fund pet projects in a bill, no matter what the original purpose. So this isn't any different. Democrats are not the only one who fund pet probjects.

I see some job creation in these. Construction, maintenance, building projects -- maybe not the kind of jobs that you wanted to see, but the construction business has been hard hit. Almost all of these kinds of things are contracted out and I'm sure that some portion of it will be identified for small business.

The Military Departments O&M money can be used for anything that is not military construction, acquisition of military equipment and R&D. That can mean hiring contractors to do analysis, fixing equipment, etc. Money can also be used for war ops.

It would be wonderful if Obama now took his scalple to the bill and cut anything that even remotely looks like pork and is not directly related to a stimulus objective. Unlikely that will happen, but he did say he would do that on bills that had pork.

I don't know why it is impossible for our Congress to just pass a straightforward bill. I know you are all dying to blame the democrats, but the truth is that both parties are incapable of creating a "pure" bill.

Hopefully, it will be enough to stimulate something, since almost all the money is coming from loans from China and other foreigners. I hope they don't have to foreclose on us.