Turns out that this bill has close to 9000 earmarks with an estimated cost totaling $7.7 billion!!!! And President Obama signed this bill.
Oh noes. 1.2% is earmarks!!
Funding applied research to stimulate business growth? The horror!!
Saladbar, thank you for replying to my initial post and for giving me some insight as to what some of the money being used in that bill is going towards. At least you gave me an answer.
I saw earlier tonight that the President blew his stack in regards to AIG and is having the treasury secretary do everything in his power to trying to block the $165 MILLION bonuses that they are planning to hand out with the tax money that we've given them for a bailout! Good for him!