Bring on the pork ...
 

Republicans release a list of pork in the "stimulus" bill. Take a look and tell me if you think any of these are legit:

The advantage of being in the minority is that you get to vote against bills like this.

Are you being facetious, Tex? A lot of those look like pretty legitimate expenses. I mean, people need sewers and waste disposal, and stuff.

I was using the term "legit" in the sense of "legitimate stimulus expenses." I guess we'd have to know more specifics to define exactly how legitimate they are in the broader sense of Washington spending, but regardless, this is not stimulus. This is pork.

Or perhaps you'd like to make the case for how $125m for Washington sewers stimulates the economy.

This kind of pork is in practically any bill, regardless of what the advertised purpose of the bill is. Like I said, you get to vote against this if you're in the minority without suffering any political fallout.

My complaint is, it's couched as an economic stimulus package, i.e., creating jobs and infusing capital and liquidity into the market to create other jobs, yet instead his package includes mostly Democratic wish list spending. perhaps you agree with the spending but it's not about stimulating the economy is a dollarwise fashion.

Sort of like a defense bill that includes the same kind of crap as this one has. Like I said, the GOP should breathe a sigh of relief that they can vote against this in good conscience and not worry about being bashed by their own party leadership or president for doing so.

All bills have pork attached (see: earmarks). But this one is specifically being sold as a stimulus package, which makes the offense especially heinous.

Fair enough.

At least half the stimulus ought to go towards medical research. Just my opinion.