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[The Brethren]

I haven't found the final version -- the one passed by Congress on Friday that was sent to Obama to sign or not. Am keeping an eye open for it and will add it when I find it.

The links I've already added is the original House version and the changes from the Senate on for anyone interested in reading them. I'm putting these out there for others to see for themselves what was proposed and it's changes thus far. I also added fiscal/spreadsheet links to help actually see where taxpayers' monies are expected to go.

Btw, after looking over these versions over (and these are huge bills in total pages), and from what I've been seeing in the new, the final version appears to be similar in it's overall structure and allocation, in my opinion this is not a "stimulus" bill. This should be called the "everything-including-the-kitchen-sink bill". Another giant size pork/special interest/pet project bill that our politicians made sure also includes a large amount of money going to "stabilize" our government. Which is what our government's annual fiscal budget is suppose to be for. They've made sure to cover their arses. To matters even worse, our year has just begun. I'm wondering "what next" from our government's budget that they're planning on allocating for in the total of billions or more?

It's the same old politics as usual except things are a lot worse. And now economist are talking about after this bill goes through that it will cause a hyperinflation and a further reduction in our dollar's value. No matter what the final version ends being who all the recipient's are and amounts given away....as far as I'm concerned, we're screwed for a long time.



The Stimulus Plan ("American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009"): Orig. House version -- http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/RecoveryBill01-15-09.pdf , House spreadsheet -- http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pV-c6t5fOVmNorqMpHvnCMw ; Senate version -- http://appropriations.senate.gov/News/2009_02_02_The_American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act_of_2009.pdf ; and Senate compromise -- http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-1 , Text and $$$ details of Senate compromise -- http://appropriations.senate.gov/News/2009_02_08_UPDATED_Appropriations_Provisions_of_American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act.pdf?CFID=4043629&CFTOKEN=40573040 in addition to -- http://readthestimulus.org/amdth1.pdf ; along with -- http://www.readthestimulus.org/ .