Today marks the five-year anniversary of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act. Commonly known as the stimulus, the nearly $1 trillion
law was hailed as an opportunity to bring America into the “21st century.”
Just two years after the bill was signed into law, President Barack Obama admitted,
“shovel-ready was not as shovel-ready as we expected.” While the law
failed to create jobs as promised, it has provided plenty of examples of
waste, fraud, and abuse.
Five years and at least $816.3 billion later, here are 10 ways the government wasted taxpayer money.
10) $1.3 Million for Stimulus Highway Signs
$1.3 million was spent for signs on highways to advertise that infrastructure spending was paid for by the stimulus.
A spokesperson from the Ohio Department of Transportation said
taxpayers want to know “where their stimulus dollars went,” after
spending $1 million on the signs. Pennsylvania ($140,000), New York
($100,000), and Colorado ($55,000) also spent money on the road signs
brought to you by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
9) $152K to Get Lesbians Ready for ‘Adoptive Parenthood’
The law spent $152,000
on a study by Clark University, in Worcester, Mass., designed to
stimulate adoption by lesbians. Trustees at the university interviewed
50 lesbian couples to “investigate the unique strengths and potential
challenges of lesbian couples” as parents.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014
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