The Ellis County Press: $7 Billion In Stimulus Waste

$7 Billion In Stimulus Waste
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Editor on 12/09/2009 15:48:00


Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
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_WHO__: Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Senator John McCain (R-AZ)_
_WHAT__: Waste In The Stimulus Bill Press Conference_
_WHERE__: Senate Office Building _
_WHEN: __Tuesday, December 8th, 2009_
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_SOUNDBITE 1: SEN. TOM COBURN (R-OK) SAYS $7 BILLION IN STIMULUS WASTE_
_"We outline $7 billion of what we think is waste in this report."_
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_SOUNDBITE 2: SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ) STUDYING ARIZONA ANTS DOES NOT DESERVE
STIMULUS MONEY_
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_"I can't leave out my Arizona projects that have been awarded. $500,000 to
Arizona State University to study the genetic makeup of ants...and then,
incredibly, $450,000 to the University of Arizona to study division of labor in
ant colonies...I had no idea that so much expertise concerning ants resided in
the major universities in my state and I must say I say that with an element of
pride, but I'm not sure that it is deserving of these taxpayers dollars."_
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_SOUNDBITE 3: SEN. TOM COBURN (R-OK): $5 MILLION TO PRIVATE TENNESSEE MALL_
_"You have an empty mall in Oak Ridge, Tennessee that gets $5 million. It's
still an empty mall. It's a privately owned mall and yet we take $5 million to
do geothermal heat on something that is not going to be used in the future, at
least has very little likelihood of being utilized in the future to its fullest
extent."_
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_SOUNDBITE 4: SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ): STIMULUS MONEY TO ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED
MARTHA\'S VINEYARD_
_"The very economically deprived area of Martha's Vineyard, $787,000 for a test
program there that would allow parties to control a homeowners energy use from
outside the home. $2 million to help build a replica railroad as a tourist
attraction in Nevada. In recent years the residents there in Carson City
rejected a proposed sales tax to help fund the tourist attraction so now
everybody's taxpayers are footing the bill."_
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