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Mapping Rabbit Feces, Studying Facebook, And Building MLB Spring Training Facilities Are All Financed By The American Taxpayer
1. $300,000 FOR MAPPING RADIOACTIVE RABBIT FECES:
“A Week Mapping Radioactive Rabbit Feces With Detectors Mounted
On A Helicopter Flying 50 Feet Over The Desert Scrub. … $300,000 In
Federal Stimulus Money.” “A government contractor at Hanford,
in south-central Washington State, just spent a week mapping
radioactive rabbit feces with detectors mounted on a helicopter flying
50 feet over the desert scrub. … the helicopter flights, which covered
13.7 square miles and were paid for with $300,000 in federal stimulus
money, took place in an area that had never been used by the bomb
makers. … Marylia Kelley, the executive director of a California group
called Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment, said
the rabbit cleanup was ‘kind of funny, in a sick way.’” (“Even Rabbit Droppings Count In Nuclear Cleanup,” The New York Times, 10/14/09)
2. $4,200-$5,500 TAX CREDIT FOR PURCHASING GOLF CARTS:
“President Obama’s Stimulus Plan… Is Now Paying Americans To Buy That Great Necessity Of Modern Life, The Golf Cart.”
“Thanks to the federal tax credit to buy high-mileage cars that was
part of President Obama's stimulus plan, Uncle Sam is now paying
Americans to buy that great necessity of modern life, the golf cart.
The federal credit provides from $4,200 to $5,500 for the purchase of
an electric vehicle, and when it is combined with similar incentive
plans in many states the tax credits can pay for nearly the entire cost
of a golf cart.” (“Cash For Clubbers,” The Wall Street Journal, 10/17/09)
3. $219,000 TO STUDY THE SEX LIVES OF FEMALE COLLEGE FRESHMEN:
“Five
Hundred Syracuse University Freshmen Will Divulge The Details Of Their
Sex Lives … $219,000 In Stimulus Funds For The Study.” “Five
hundred Syracuse University freshmen will divulge the details of their
sex lives as part of a women's health study called ‘The Women's Health
Project,’ being conducted by Michael Carey, SU professor of psychology
and medicine. Carey has found himself the target of nationwide
criticism from conservatives since he received $219,000 in stimulus
funds for the study, which looks at the sex patterns of college women.”
(“SU Sex Study Raises Concern,” The [Syracuse] Daily Orange, 9/8/09)
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