THE GOP ON STIMULUS "WASTE"

The GOP released a list of items it considers to be wasteful spending in the stimulus bill but a more dispassinate look shows that there really isn't all that much that really is wasteful. Steve Benen at Washington Monthly found only $18.7 billion, Bruce Webb at Angry Bear found a bit less than $19 billion and Scarecrow at Firedoglake found a little over $19 billion. I'm not defending pork and I agree that it should be eliminated but even if every GOP claim is true, it still represents a little over 2% of the bill.