Your stim dollars at work; I-phones for kids in Utah

From: The American Thinker

Your stim dollars at work; I-phones for kids in Utah
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/08/your_stim_dollars_at_work_ipho.html


Stimulus money is going toward iPods for high school students in Utah, cellphones for smokers trying to quit in Washington and advertising devoted to the promotion of ... the stimulus.

The findings are part of a 74-page report put out by a pair of Republican senators who contend the $862-billion program is fraught with needless spending.

The report questions a decision to spend $1 million on iPod Touch devices for 1,600 students at Kearns High School in Kearns, Utah. No jobs will be created. The school will load the iPods with educational applications that teachers hope will motivate students. Such applications include guides to identify trees, leaves and bird calls. Students will get to keep the devices if they meet graduation requirements, a school district spokesman said. . . . .

Stimulus Slammed: Republican Senators Release Report Alleging Waste

From: ABC Good Morning America

Stimulus Slammed: Republican Senators Release Report Alleging Waste
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/summer-recovery-slammed-stimulus-waste-report-released/story?id=11309090

The Obama administration has credited its $862 billion stimulus program with pulling the economy out of the worst recession since the Great Depression. But a new report by two Republican senators argues the stimulus is riddled with wasteful projects that do not create jobs.