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Originally Posted by saden1

You took the stage, you got to do the presentation....the floor is all yours.

so, i finally got to lunch, then got back and he** broke loose here at work. Finally settled down, and i decided I didn't want to respond purely with anecdotal stuff so i looked up the text and started reading, wow, dry...

so to the point:

Originally Posted by me

Maybe because it isn't free. ...
The "stimulus" bill comes with many such proviso's.

Originally Posted by Saden1

You took the stage, you got to do the presentation....the floor is all yours.

here is one: (at this point i am not debating the validity of the proviso, just that the money comes with stipulations;provisos;etc)

SEC. 1110. USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL.

(a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appropriated

or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron and steel used in the project is produced in the United States.
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply in
any case in which the head of the Federal department or agency involved finds that—

(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the public interest; (2) iron and steel are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or (3) inclusion of iron and steel produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent.
(c) WRITTEN JUSTIFICATION FOR WAIVER.—If the head of a Federal department or agency determines that it is necessary to waive the application of subsection (a)
based on a finding under subsection (b), the head of the department or agency shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed written justification as to why the provision is being waived.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘public
building’’ and ‘‘public work’’ have the meanings given such terms in section 1 of the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 8 10c) and include airports, bridges, canals, dams, dikes, pipelines, railroads, multiline mass transit systems, roads, tunnels, harbors, and piers.

another:

SEC. 1114. REQUIRED PARTICIPATION IN E-VERIFY PROGRAM.

None of the funds made available in this Act may

be used to enter into a contract with an entity that does not participate in the E-verify program described in section 401(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note).

and finally

STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OPERATIONS

For an additional amount for ‘‘State Unemployment
Insurance and Employment Service Operations’’ for grants to the States in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, $500,000,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, and which shall be available for obligation on the date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That such funds shall remain available to the States through September 30, 2010: Provided further, That, with respect to such funds, section 6(b)(1) of such Act shall be applied by substituting ‘‘one-third’’ for ‘‘two thirds’’ in subparagraph (A), with the remaining one-third

I will be the first to admit that all three of these examples may or may not be good in and of themselves. I tried to read all 647 pages, but realized -it ain't happening tonight (or possibly ever). Not to mention that alot of the requirements I did see in the text forced you to go to another federal regulation to see what requirement they were adding to the money. eg the last one refers to the Wagner-Peyser Act whatever that is. (i am sure it is humane and compassionate regulation)

I hope that this shows the money wasn't freely given, it did have strings attached.

And as Firstdown pointed out, every cent of this is borrowed money against future tax income, none is budgeted for. (and yes the republican overspent too thats a separate argument and I would love to see accountability all around)