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Maybe the Rs can regain their mission as an effective opposition party; they do effectively and I hope we see more of it.

To answer your question Tex, yes, much of it is crap. If you support a stimulus bill...that's great. There are coherent arguments that government-created demand can stimulate the economy and bridge the gap the market cannot cover. But if you favor a stimulus, shouldn't the money be spent on stimulus and not on social programs already funded under the general budget or dream land initiatives?

The spending in this bill is no joke; it's nearly half of what the Iraq war has cost to date.

The price tag on the items Tex list above is about $19.6B. Dropping these items is not even 2.3% of the total bill ($885B).