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Subsidizing private gym memberships in Maine. Government money to buy BlackBerrys to help smokers quit. Paying lobbyists to make sure fast food restaurants and convenience stores don’t sell products they don’t want them to.
What do these expenditures all have in common? You paid for them. Yes, you!
All three projects are examples of what the taxpayers are paying for in the federal stimulus money passed by Congress and signed by President Obama in February 2009. The goal of the stimulus: create jobs. Gym memberships…
BlackBerrys… and regulating fast food and convenience stores.
We’d like to know what you think about these projects and others that are being funded through the stimulus.
This site will show you – and get from you – the most egregious stimulus projects that YOU, the American taxpayer, have paid for. To do that we introduce MyWastedTaxDollars.com, a project of Citizens Against Government Waste.
My Wasted Tax Dollars needs your help – try out our interactive map to find wasted stimulus dollars in your state, and help us locate more. They are out there, so take a picture, load it up, and see your photo on our site too. Become a stimulus watchdog, tell your friends about the site, and we will help make sure that your message gets noticed by taxpayers and the politicians who are responsible for all of this wasteful spending.
Check back often for more waste, more ludicrous stimulus spending, and fun ways to see what else is going on around the country!
States Skeptical About ‘Race to Top’ School Aid Contest
April 4, 2010 – New York Times
A dozen governors, led by Bill Ritter Jr. of Colorado, sat with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in a hotel ballroom in Washington a few weeks back, praising his vision and gushing with enthusiasm over a $4 billion grant competition they hoped could land their states a jackpot of hundreds of millions of dollars….
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Applications Come In for Second Round of Broadband Stimulus Funding
April 4, 2010 – DaniWeb
Applications for the second round of U.S. broadband stimulus funding are starting to become publicly available on a federal website….
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Town awarded $150,000 for high school solar panels
April 5, 2010 – newburyportnews
“Amesbury High School’s big renovation gave the school a new television studio, interactive Smart Board projectors and new PC and Mac labs, all of which undoubtedly incur a hefty monthly energy bill. Luckily, Amesbury may see some savings, as it has been awarded a $150,000 Energy Efficiency and Block Grant for solar panels at the high school….”
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Portage traffic projects receive millions: $3 million slated for S.R. 14/S.R. 59 in Ravenna Twp.
April 5, 2010 – Recordpub
“Among the local projects is $700,000 to connect downtown Kent and Kent State University by linking the university’s Esplanade walkway with The Portage bike trail at S.R. 59 and Lincoln Street in Kent. The Esplanade is a key part of the Kent Central Gateway project….”
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HOME FORECLOSURE CRISIS: PART 2 OF 2: Federal aid program fails to help many
April 5, 2010 – Las Vegas Review-Journal
In Southern Nevada, an area known as ground zero of the nation’s housing crisis, far fewer people than expected have received home loan modifications through a $75 billion stimulus program designed to reduce the impact of foreclosures on communities….
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Paperwork delays Trailblazer ground breaking
April 5, 2010 – McLead County Chronicle
Ground breaking for the new Trailblazer Transit facility will be pushed back two to four weeks, Trailblazer Director Gary Ludwig said Tuesday….
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County gets grant to update lighting system
April 5, 2010 – St Joe News
The cost of keeping the lights on should get a little lower this summer for Buchanan County. The county received a $75,512 grant to help replace its light fixtures and install occupancy sensors in its six buildings….
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Pougnet bashes Bono Mack on tower stimulus
April 5, 2010 – The Desert Sun
Last week’s announcement that the Palm Springs International Airport’s new tower is finally fully funded through $14 million in stimulus funding caused an immediate stir on the political front….
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Waste 102: Harvard’s Robotic Bee Project Tops List of Government’s Most Reckless Spending
Fox News – March 15, 2010
And welcome back to “Waste 102.” Now, we’ve cracked the top 20 on our countdown, and believe me, the wasteful spending only gets more outrageous from this point on. Let’s take a look….
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Bikes, Paving Projects In Kannapolis All Part of Stimulus Package
Associated Press – March 27, 2010
From police bicycles to traffic signals to road paving, Kannapolis so far has snagged $2.4 million in federal stimulus funding, with more on the way….
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