How Your Tax Money Has Been Spent Since January

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I just read this and had to share.  Click the link for more, if you can stand it.

  • $350 billion Wall Street bailout extension (#5)
  • $787 billion stimulus (#64)
  • $400 billion, earmark-infested omnibus spending bill (#96)
  • $6 billion to federalize charities and pay volunteers (#115)
  • $109 billion loan to the International Monetary Fund (#201)
  • $3 billion for cash for clunkers (#270)
  • $400 million in corporate welfare to help tourism corporations advertise overseas (#272)
  • $4 billion bailout of the Postal Service (#300)
My favorite is paying $6 billion to pay volunteers.  

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top

Picky, picky.

Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top

My favorite is paying $6 billion to pay volunteers.
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Were they ACORN "volunteers". The 2010 elections are just right around the corner. Time to create register voters ;)

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Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Huh?  Name any of those that improved the economy.  If you hadn't heard, unemployment is still rising. 

Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top

Huh? Name any of those that improved the economy. If you hadn't heard, unemployment is still rising.
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ID come on man, not everyone contributes one red cent to pay for all this stuff, can you expect them to give a care? These folks aren't convinced until they feel the pain personally. Then, in addition, you have the small group of true believers that think their guy can do no wrong.

Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top

About those jobs saved.
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More like this will be coming out soon on this. I heard another one today where a guy hired 6 temporary roofing jobs with stimulus money. The gov. listed as over 400 jobs saved.