Stimulus Checkup - 100 Ridiculous Projects Funded by the American Recovery Act
1. .Almost Empty. Mall Awarded Energy Grant ($5 million)
2. Renovations for Federal Building as Expensive as New Building ($133 million)
3. DTV Advertising Agency Generates Three Jobs ($5.9 million)
4. Research to Develop Supersonic Corporate Jets ($4.7 Million)
5. Water Pipeline to a Money-Losing Golf Course ($2.2 million)
7. Program to Control Home Appliances From a Remote Location ($787,250)
20. Repaved Georgia Road . . . Getting Repaved Again ($88,000)
23. Studying the Icelandic Arctic Environment in the Viking Age ($94,902)
33. Study on "Hookup" Behavior of Female College Coeds ($219,000)
35. Study of Wildflowers in a Ghost Town ($448,995)
38. Recovering Crab Pots Lost At Sea ($700,000)
50. Arizona Ants Work While Some Arizonans Remain Unemployed ($950,000)
51. Study On Why Young Men Do Not Like Condoms ($221,355)
56. Homeland Security Funds Assist Boat Tours of Alcatraz ($50,783)
60. Town of 838 to Renovate Old Hotel into a Welcome Center ($300,000)
79. Money for Lighthouse Repairs on Uninhabited Island (Nearly $1.5 million)
2. Renovations for Federal Building as Expensive as New Building ($133 million)
3. DTV Advertising Agency Generates Three Jobs ($5.9 million)
4. Research to Develop Supersonic Corporate Jets ($4.7 Million)
5. Water Pipeline to a Money-Losing Golf Course ($2.2 million)
7. Program to Control Home Appliances From a Remote Location ($787,250)
20. Repaved Georgia Road . . . Getting Repaved Again ($88,000)
23. Studying the Icelandic Arctic Environment in the Viking Age ($94,902)
33. Study on "Hookup" Behavior of Female College Coeds ($219,000)
35. Study of Wildflowers in a Ghost Town ($448,995)
38. Recovering Crab Pots Lost At Sea ($700,000)
50. Arizona Ants Work While Some Arizonans Remain Unemployed ($950,000)
51. Study On Why Young Men Do Not Like Condoms ($221,355)
56. Homeland Security Funds Assist Boat Tours of Alcatraz ($50,783)
60. Town of 838 to Renovate Old Hotel into a Welcome Center ($300,000)
79. Money for Lighthouse Repairs on Uninhabited Island (Nearly $1.5 million)
I guess after $1T in wasteful spending we better assemble the best minds to figure out how to create some jobs. Apparently $1T in miracle grow did not germinate those green shoots.
