A lot of people are saying federal stimulus money should have been spent on the bridge in Washington State that collapsed earlier this evening.
So where did all the billions go? Twitter user @JohnEkdahl did some quick reporting to answer that very question.
$1.9Million in stimulus went to study international ant research, not the Washington bridge. #p2
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 24, 2013
$550k in stimulus went to replace windows at a Forest Service center that is closed instead of fixing the Washington bridge. #p2
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 24, 2013
$700k in stimulus went to fund behavioral research of how monkeys respond to inequality, not fix the Washington bridge. #p2
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 24, 2013
$427k in stimulus to research better video game design for senior citizens, not the Washington bridge. #p2
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 24, 2013
$447,492 in stimulus spent on development and use of “African American English” amongst 70 adolescents, not the Washington bridge. #p2
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 24, 2013
$389k in stimulus spent to study the separate effects of malt liquor and marijuana, not the Washington bridge #p2
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 24, 2013
$712k in stimulus funded a grant to develop “machine-generated humor”, not the Washington bridge. #p2
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 24, 2013
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$54 Million in stimulus to RELOCATE a bridge for the the Napa Valley Wine Train, not the Washington bridge. #p2
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 24, 2013
$9.3 million in stimulus to fund the design of a colony of robotic bees, not the Washington bridge. #p2
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 24, 2013
$2.2 million in stimulus to install energy efficient skylights in an alcohol warehouse, not the Washington bridge. #p2
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 24, 2013
$3.4 million in stimulus to construct “wildlife bridges for animals”, not the Washington bridge. #p2
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 24, 2013
$850k in stimulus to study how paying attention improves solving difficult tasks, not the Washington bridge. #p2
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 24, 2013
$800k in stimulus to repave a backup airport runway, not the Washington bridge. #p2
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 24, 2013
$11 million in stimulus to build a bridge for Microsoft’s headquarters, not the Washington bridge. #p2
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 24, 2013
$578k in stimulus spent on solving a homeless problem in a town that had no homeless people, not the Washington bridge. #p2
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 24, 2013
$1.15 million in stimulus to replace a guardrail around and empty lake, not the Washington bridge. #p2
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 24, 2013
And $2.5 million in stimulus was spent on checks mailed to dead people, not the Washington bridge. #p2
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 24, 2013
Look for yourself, but just remember: It’s all the GOP’s fault.
Correction, 1:00 am ET:
The projects tweeted by Ekdahl were located all over the country, not just in Washington State. We have changed our headline and the text of this post accordingly. Via Dana Loesch, here’s a list of stimulus-funded transportation projects in Washington State.
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