Stimulus Money A.K.A. How The Federal Government Wasted Your Money

Bridges to no where, studies on the effects of cocaine on monkeys and so much more.  Welcome to a page that will single-handedly make you hate your government, and make you cry over your lost money.  A great way to see how much money is being wasted, is the website the government created, to track stimulus money.  For your knowledge, the website costed millions of your money to make.  Check it out at http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/home.aspx  I find the whole thing ironic, the government created a website to further transparency, so that the average American could see exactly where the stimulus money was going.  And what does the website do?  Shows me just how incompetent our government is, this website does not instill any more trust of the government in me.

• The University of North Carolina at Charlotte received $762,372 to work on a computerized choreography program that could lead to "real-time audience interaction" in dancing.
• Wake Forest University received $144,541 from the Department of Health and Human Services to research on monkeys to see how they respond to cocaine.
• Wake Forest University received $294,958 to research whether yoga can help reduce the effects of menopause.
• North Carolina State University received $770,856 to study how video games effect the elderly and whether they can improve mental health for older people.
• The North Carolina State University Insect Museum received a grant worth $253,123 to buy new cabinets and storage space for specimens among other things.  The report states the museum doesn't even get 50 visitors a year.
• Duke University received $498,176 to study ways to improve privacy on social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace.
• Wake Forest University received $266,505 to provide workshops for reporters to help them understand the complexities of science-related stories.

I live in North Carolina, here are a few from my area.

• Bennet College recieved $400,000 to preserve the architectural character of Ethel Black Hall through exterior and interior rehabilitation, accesibility, and system upgrades.