The Wall Street Journal is weighing in on President Obama’s stimulus package. I neither endorse, nor oppose, the opinion piece. I’m simply floating it out there for conversation purposes. The Journal says the most striking part of the spending package is how much of it is earmarked for the government itself. From the Journal (hat tip Anygirl):The National Institute of Standards gets $357,000,000 for the “construction of research facilities.” The Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $427,000,000 for that. The country is in an economic meltdown and the federal government is redecorating.The FBI gets $75,000,000 for “salaries and expenses.” Inside the $6,200,000,000 Weatherization Assistance Program one finds “expenses” of $500,000,000. How many bureaucrats does it take to “expense” a half-billion dollars?
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