Maybe I'm wrong. Wasn't this supposed to be a "job creation bill"?
*$5.8 million earmark for the “Ted Kennedy Institute for the Senate…for the planning and design of a building & an endowment,” pg. 232;
*and National Council of La Raza, $473,000 earmark from Sens. Bingaman and Menendez, pg. 212." (Malkin)
"- $1.75 million to acquire land for the Cape Cod National Seashore.
- $2.2 million for the Center for Grape Genetics in Geneva, NY
- $2.4 million for the Southeastern Poultry Research Lab in Athens, GA
- $42,000 for “Arbuscular Mycontizal Fungi” in Wyndmoor, PA
- $1 million for Corn and Soybean Research in Wooster, OH
- $1.8 million for the Honey Bee Lab in Weslaco, TX
- $1.8 million for Swine Odor and Manure Management Research in Ames, Iowa
- $443,000 for Beaver Management and Control in Mississippi
- $208,000 for Beaver Management and Control in North Carolina
- Several hundred thousand for “Blackbird Management” programs in KS, LA, ND and SD.
- $657,000 for Brown Tree Snake Management in Guam
- $1,049,000 for “Mormon Crickets” in Utah (I am told they are neither Mormon nor are they crickets)
- $162,000 for Rodent Control in Hawaii
- $209,000 to “Improve Blueberry Production and Efficiency” in Georgia
- $254,00 for the “Montana Sheep Institute”
- $413,000 for Tri-State Joint Peanut Research in Alabama
- $2.9 million for Shrimp Aquaculture in AZ, HI, LA, MA, MS, SC and TX
- $277 million for 2nd Avenue Subway
- $210 million for LIRR terminal in Grand Central"
It may be that we need each and everyone of these programs. However, shouldn't Congress have the courage to vote "up or down" on each one?
Secondly, how many jobs will be created?
It's time for someone to read this bill and analyze its "pork vs jobs" status!
