[DirkFTW]

Sigh. This thing is so jam packed with earmarks and pork. I think there's an alternative bill proposal out there that costs half as much and is alleged to create twice as many jobs.

Various items from the House and Senate bills:

$6,000 million to subsidize university building projects
$400 million for HIV and chlamydia testing
$75 million to stop smoking
$1,500 million for a “carbon-capturing contest”
$200 million for DOD alternative energy vehicles
$572 million for Coast Guard “Acquisition, Construction, & Improvements”
$150 million for the Smithsonian
$100 million for non-intrusive detection technology at sea ports
$150 million for construction at sea ports
$25 million to repair off-road ATV trails
$200 million for FEMA
$276 million for construction of data backup facilities and cyber-security for the State Dept.
$2,825 million for broadband internet, $1,000 million of which is for wireless broadband internet
$350 million for State Department broadband internet
STD education programs

At least they got rid of paying for contraceptives and reseeding the White House lawn.

This is a belated Christmas wish list, not a plan to save us from the worst economic crisis of our time.