MONEY DOWN THE TOILET: STIMULUS MILLIONS GO TO POTS

NY Post ^

[navysealdad]

WASHINGTON -- The feds are spending tens of millions of stimulus dollars to repair and build toilets across the nation, in an outflow of taxpayer funds that critics have branded "potty pork."

From humble sylvan outhouses to "historic" restrooms, cash from the $787 billion stimulus is going to spruce up or completely replace aging toilets, government releases show.

In New Mexico alone, the feds are spending $2.8 million for toilets in national forests.

[bareford101]

Don’t you just love how the NYPost has begun to post? thank you for posting.

[Uncle Miltie]

I was looking through the StimuLATE spending and found a two-hole non-flush outhouse being funded for.....

.....wait for it.....

...$198,000.00

That’s $99,000.00 per hole, and you still can’t flush.

But the flies love it!

[zebrahead]

Here’s my question. Since it’s been widely reported that a great deal of the stimulus projects haven’t kicked in yet, can’t they just stop the whole thing RIGHT NOW and save the money? Is there some reason why this can’t be done?

[Tunehead54]

Link? Please don’t make me look for it! ;-) Check your history ... Thanks - I promise to spread it around ... ;-)

[Uncle Miltie]

It’s in the TAS report, here are the details:

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Information as of 07/20/2009 10:10 A.M. EST

TAS::12 1102::TAS HOYER CAMPGROUND RECONSTRUCTION, 7 CXT TIOGA DOUBLE VAULT TOILET BUILDING, HOYER CAMPGROUND, FURNISH & SET

$193,077.25

Referenced IDV PIID: AG82X9B080010

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I downloaded the file from the TAS Site here:

http://www.recovery.gov/

But I can’t re-locate the link easily.

[Uncle Miltie]

By gosh, I think they’ve flushed the link down the memory hole.....probably too many of us finding idiotic spending....

[Uncle Miltie]

Check this link, which if it works documents the $99,000 per outhouse hole:

http://www.fpdsng.com/downloads/top_requests/TAS_Report.xls

[Uncle Miltie]

Tunehead54: Found it. See above for link.