Wednesday, January 28, 2009

More wasting of money: sexually transmitted disease

Great. So now it stimulates the economy to prevent sexually transmitted disease? Does it stimulate the economy to the tune of $355 million smackeroos? Frankly, I think distributing free Viagra or Levitra would be rather more stimulating, in all senses.

Honestly, doesn't it seem like this is just a couple of hundred people (our congress and president) having fun spending money on the toys they have always wanted. And in the sense of the "stimulation" mentioned above, "toys" is a very dubious thing indeed... I did a quick calculation of how much money is being handed out, and if the LOW figure of $1 trillion is correct, it means that every single American is forking over $2200 to whomever their least favorite congressman wants to give the money to.

Could the government please stop stimulating us? It's beating me down too badly.

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