I went to a very interesting site: recovery.gov

It tracks the stimulus money.  Here are a few of the projects we (the taxpayers...not non-taxpayers, but taxpayers) are funding:

Recipient Name: HK Contractors, Inc.
Project Location: East Glacier Park, MT
Project Description: Park wide traffic and quality control
Cost: $2,099,993

Almost three million dollars!  Outrageous!

Here's another:

Recipient Name: Cayo LP
Project Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Project Description: Demolition and removal of mooring dolphins and mooring anchors
Cost: $3,180,000

Outrageous!

Here's another one:

Recipient Name: Regent of the University of California
Project Location: Berkeley
Project Description: Collaboration for the development of magnets with fields
Cost: $50,231,000

Over 50 million dollars for the development of magnets!  Amazing!

Here's another:

Recipient Name: CH2M Hill Inc
Project Location: Redding, CA
Project Description: sediment removal at Iron Mountain mine superfund site, Shasta City, CA
Cost: $20,550,000

Sediment removal...over 20 million dollars!  Crazy!

And get this one:

Recipient Name: Farmland Foods, Inc.
Project Location: Wichita, KS
Project Description: Ham, water added, cooked, frozen, sliced, 2-lb
Cost: $4,843,400

A 5 million dollar ham!  That must have been one big hog!

I couldn't read any more after this one, it made me so angry that a ham costs taxpayers...not non-taxpayers, but taxpayers...almost 5 million dollars!

I have a few words to say about all this:

Ridiculous, asinine, stupid, foolish, brainless, senseless, idiotic, moronic!  And every other word I can think of!

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