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Originally Posted by Mavdog
yes, it is an omnibus spending program that is intended to put people to work, so it will possibly provide work to you (not me it seems from the list) if your employer could provide its services for any of the targeted items.
let's say you work for a tech firm like cisco, they'll get some of this. or a construction firm who does public bldgs, plenty of meat on that bone. medical professional? there's the std area, or the anti-smoking initiative. work for a firm that manufactures imaging equipment? you're in luck!
not so sure tho about the spending being payback to campaign contributors, but there is the likelihood that some of those cats will get their paws on a few of these $.
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But it's the same crap that's always proposed ("pork"), only this time it's gargantuan and likely the first of a series of gargantuan spending sprees.
If the point is to willy nilly generate jobs, why not just create two massive task forces: Team 1 digs holes in the ground and Team 2 fills those holes up. The answer is because that solution accomplishes absolutely nothing productive as input back into the economy. Unfortunately, some of these items are not much more beneficial than digging and filling holes. Too many "bridges to nowhere" in a bill that's intended to solve our once-in-100-years economic crisis.