More Hits From the Porkulus Bill

Special Report had this item from the House version of the Porkulus Bill:

The economic stimulus package passed by the House last week will give Milwaukee public schools more than $88 million for new construction. But the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports the district has 15 vacant buildings — a large surplus of property — and no construction plans. The report says school enrollment is declining every year. And the last major construction in 2000, "resulted in projects that are underused, have not met enrollment projections or have closed."

It's pretty clear that nobody was really paying attention to what was put in the bill. The only important thing was to pass something...anything... so it looked like the federal government was acting, and at the same time the Dems could throw billions to their favorite special interest groups. Thankfully, some industrious folks started digging through the huge bill and as these items have been exposed, public support has dropped.

Now it's up to the Senate GOP to either fix this thing, or kill it.