After Stimulus Spending, Pork Projects Pile Up

The $787 billion stimulus bill was passed in February and was promised as a job saver and economy booster. Here is where some of the money went:

- $300,000 for a GPS-equipped helicopter to hunt for radioactive rabbit droppings at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state.

- $30 million for a spring training baseball complex for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.

- $11 million for Microsoft to build a bridge connecting its two headquarter campuses in Redmond, Wash., which are separated by a highway.

- $430,000 to repair a bridge in Iowa County, Wis., that carries 10 or fewer cars per day.

Read More: By SUSAN FERRECHIO, Washington Examiner

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  1. Ah Yes TRANSPARENCY more B.S. from the Head phony. .Ah Yes Change—-its MORE PORK !!!!!

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