Poll: Who Read The Stimulus Bill?

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Poll question: Poll: Who Read The Stimulus Bill?

As everyone likely knows, the House Stimulus Bill has been made available for viewing by the public on numerous websites (for example, here.

A lot has been said about this in the few days since it came out, but I was wondering how many here actually read it - and among those that did, how much of it they read, and how much of it they understood. (The first "Read it an understood it" vote you see is myself, so you know where I'm coming from.)

Please be honest in your answers; hearing Rachael Maddow talk about it on her show or some columnist analyze it in an article does not count as having read it.


Edit to include: Those that read it, in full or in partial, please post your thoughts on the overall bill- good things, bad things, things you're unsure about, whatever.

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1. you're right

page 14 is funny:

"None of the funds provided by this Act may be made
4 available to the State of Illinois, or any agency of the
5 State, unless (1) the use of such funds by the State is
6 approved in legislation enacted by the State after the date
7 of the enactment of this Act, or (2) Rod R. Blagojevich
8 no longer holds the office of Governor of the State of Illi9
nois. The preceding sentence shall not apply to any funds
10 provided directly to a unit of local government (1) by a
11 Federal department or agency, or (2) by an established
12 formula from the State."

ouch.

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2. Isn't it?

Blago... dude... you got CALLED THE FUCK OUT! IN a piece of FEDERAL LEGISLATION!

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9. .

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3. After all the grousing about lobbyists flocking to state legislators, I frankly find the oversight

part pretty convincing.

recovery.gov for example.

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4. Another example being

the $233,500,000 designated for the various Inspectors General just for oversight. That, in conjunction with Recovery.org, should make sure the money is being spent properly.

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5. My inner concern devil is concerned about rushing transportation projects through

Provided further, That in
selecting projects to be funded, recipients shall give pri-
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ority to projects that can award contracts within 120 days
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of enactment of this Act, are included in an approved
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Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)
9
and/or Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Pro-
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gram (TIP), are projected for completion within a three-
11
year time frame, and are located in economically dis-
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tressed areas as defined by section 301 of the Public
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Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as
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amended (42 U.S.C. 3161)15

pg 209 of the pdf



I am also concerned about the lame font.

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6. I think the timeframe of 120 days

Is because they want the money to be spent as quickly as possible. Many counties, cities and states have had transportation items on the shelf for years, though, so it's likely that they'll be ready to spend it quickly. These projects likely won't be "on the spur of the moment", I'm hoping, and will be used for vital projects the state and county governments have been wanting to implement for years.

Yeah, the font sucks. They need to stop writing bills with Microsoft Word.

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10. Every kick seems to bring another two votes, so what the hell

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