$15-Million Facelift

" Thousands of votes entering the United States across our borders each and every day bought. Only about three of them actually passed through -- Montana. On average per day. But thanks to the stimulus that sleepy Canadian border crossing -- lady -- get fifteen million dollars in -- they have fewer taxpayer money. Yet now come -- couldn't -- be spent better way to answer that. And Pete -- who is -- vice president for policy communication for the National Taxpayers Union. Are right on either side there these little hot spot there's only three people coming -- juxtapose that. To some of the borders -- south of Mexican border where you know hundreds of people. Are are getting through every dead shouldn't the money be spent to our south and not on the sleepy town."

" Well assuming that the money is being spent effectively in the the first place yes it ought to be prioritized. To places where the border crossings are actually occurring more often but. This is par for the course for any federal spending program we've seen this chain of events from the beginning. Of the program being passed and it's just a classic pattern we're assured that there's going to be a lot of oversight. Then the oversight agencies themselves say well there isn't any oversight going on. Then we get the stories of unnecessary grants being given out. Just recently we heard that prisoners were getting Social Security rebate checks under the stimulus now we've got this. The icing on the cake that once again political -- are playing the role."

" Here well -- member of congress. Apparently pulled a few strains a member of congress in Montana representing on canceled the few strings for about one. And so we we knew where to look. But the old adage if you spent quickly you spent -- is certainly true here here's a list of other waste in the stimulus program and -- you know this is the tip of the iceberg let's put it up on the screen. Three point five million to fund sex studies in various universities do that's important three point 4000004. And -- turtle -- they don't get smashed in the middle of the round. 246. Million in tax breaks for movie producers. To buy film I don't get that one. One point five million for a guard rail at a -- that doesn't actually have any water. So I -- it but the list goes on and on that you know my -- Bring one in New York where they got money for homeless problem and town officials -- said -- happen -- homeless problem. How Alaska I love this there's a 167. People who live in this rural town. But they're getting and one. Half of two point eight. Million dollars to rebuild an airport -- they have like one flight a day -- Is this really -- any thing."

" No and the interest in part is defenders of the stimulus are saying well you're always going to encounter a few of these things in an 800 billion dollar package. But that's not the universe we're talking about here we have to remember. Number one most of the stimulus money that's gone out so far have been the rebate checks in the unemployment benefits. This is only the beginning of the public works spending. And so we are going to see a whole lot more instances of this I wouldn't be surprised if we -- waste fraud and abuse rate here are well 2030%."

" When it's also there's accountability board -- been looking -- and the head of the board said so far they've been able to figure about 55 billion. But stimulus money has been utterly wasted in -- that's probably. An optimistic or an underestimation. Peter sat. National Taxpayers Union thanks so much."