'Cronies gotta get paid': Obama wants to spend $4 billion on WHAT?

President Obama’s 2017 budget proposal includes a few billion for this item:

Obama administration ready to put $4B toward self-driving cars. FOUR BILLION https://t.co/gIUShSk03T

— Paul Conner (@paconner) January 15, 2016

Obama administration wants to spend $4 billion on self-driving cars: https://t.co/xk17gaDHbC pic.twitter.com/IMVSvUG34K

— ABC News (@ABC) January 15, 2016

Me. At @NAIASDetroit. Announcing NEW @POTUS proposal: $4B to get #automatedvehicles moving! https://t.co/P9TauPufC3 pic.twitter.com/jnB8o7OHp0

— Sec. Anthony Foxx (@SecretaryFoxx) January 14, 2016

Hey, why not?

Why would we fund this? Obama's budget proposal is feel-good bullshit. https://t.co/aey7YpYsbq

— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) January 15, 2016

@gabrielmalor Cronies gotta get paid.

— William Belcher (@EdB_Ohio) January 15, 2016

https://twitter.com/onlykanaughty/status/688026703323607040
https://twitter.com/davidjacksmith/status/688026831539286016

How about they give me the 4 Billion and I'll drive them around. https://t.co/RiNhahgObi

— FABIAN WASHINGTON (@FABEWASH31) January 15, 2016

https://twitter.com/bradleyg09/status/688031954189598722

Zero consumer market for it so sure why not https://t.co/op5gJrgwTg

— scobes (@scobes15) January 15, 2016

“No market for it” never seems to deter this administration from dumping our tax dollars down any given money pit.