Democratic *mega-pork* after election theft

[Nehemiah6]

It is only because of election theft that the Democrats have managed to take control of both houses as well as the White House. As a result the Democrats have rammed through a spending bill for 1.9 trillion dollars recently. It is supposedly for financial relief to individuals and businesses affected by the lockdowns. But that is only a small fraction of what has been actually been budgeted in this bill.

I have examined an actual copy of this Act -- H.R. 133 or 116HR133. It has 32 divisions within it, out of which only two (or at the most four) are directly related to COVID relief. The rest of them are for bureaucratic government expenditures, some of which will not even go into effect immediately.

Here are the bureaucracies (departments) which will receive billions of dollars, even though they may have had their budgets approved long ago: Agriculture, Food & Drug Administration, Commerce, Justice, Science, Defense, Energy, Water Development, Financial Services, General Government Expenses, Homeland Security, Interior, Environment, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, State, Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing, Urban Development, plus many related government activities.

As an example of what was already budgeted, but has been seriously *porked up* under the pretense of COVID relief, we can look at the billions of dollars going to the Department of Agriculture, rather than directly to farmers and ranchers. And many programs which go back to the 1930s and 1940s continue to be funded to buy votes. But many allocations do not even belong under Agriculture, such as FDA or foreign assistance, but they have been cleverly inserted.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Secretary of Agriculture

6,998,000​

Chief Economist

$24,192,000​

Hearings and Appeals

$15,394,000​

Budget and Program Analysis

$9,629,000​

Chief Information Officer

$66,814,000​

Chief Financial Officer

$6,109,000​

Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

$908,000​

Office of Civil Rights

$22,789,000​

Agriculture Buildings and Facilities

$108,124,000​

Hazardous Materials Management

$6,514,000​

Safety, Security, Protection

$23,218,000​

Inspector General

$99,912,000​

General Counsel

$45,390,000​

Ethics

$4,184,000​

Under Secretary, Research, Education, Economics

$809,000​

Economic Research Service

$85,476,000​

Agricultural Statistics Service

$183,921,000​

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

$992,642,000​

Native American Institutions Endowment Fund

$11,880,000​

Extension Activities

$538,447,000​

Integrated Activities

$39,000,000​

Under Secretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs

$809,000​

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services

$1,064,179,000​

Buildings and Facilities

$3,175,000​

Agricultural Marketing Services

$188,358,000​

Markets, Income, and Supply

$20,705,000​

Under Secretary, Food Safety

$809,000​

Food Safety and Inspection Services

$1,075,703,000​

Under Secretary, Farm Production and Conservation

$916,000​

Farm Production and Conservation Business Center

$231,302,000​

Farm Service Agency

$1,142,924,000​

State Mediation Grants

$6,914,000​

Grassroots Source Water Protection

$6,500,000​

Dairy Indemnity Program (included)

Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund (various loans)

$3,300,000,000​

$2,500,000,000​

$2,118,482,000​

$1,633,333,000​

$37,668,000​

$20,000,000​

$150,000,000​

$33,693,000​

$5,000,000​

$60,000,000​

Risk Management Agency

$60,131,000​

Natural Resources Conservation Service

$832,727,000​

Watershed and Flood Prevention

$175,000,000​

Watershed Rehabilitation

$10,000,000​

Commodity Credit Corporation

$5,000,000​

Hazardous Waste Management (included)

Under Secretary, Rural Development

$812,000​

Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses

$264,024,000​

Rural Housing Insurance Fund (various loans)

$1,000,000,000​

$24,000,000,000​

$28,000,000,000​

$40,000,000​

$230,000,000​

$10,000,000​

$5,000,000​

$5,000,000​

RURAL HOUSING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Rental Assistance (?)

$1,410,000,000​

Multi-Family Housing Revitalization (?)

$68,000,000​

Mutual and Self-Help Housing (?)

$31,000,000​

Rural Housing Repair and Preservation (?)

$45,000,000​

Rural Community Facilities Loans (?)

$2,800,000,000​

Rural Business Development Program (?)

$500,000,000​

$56,400,000​

Intermediary Relending Program (?)

$18,889,000​

Rural Economic Development Program (?)

$50,000,000​

Rural Cooperative Development Grants (?)

$26,600,000​

Rural Microentrepreneur Grants (?)

$6,000,000​

Rural Energy for America Program (?)

$392,000​

Rural Water and Waste Disposal Loans (?)

$1,400,000,000​

$50,000,000​

Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loans (?)

$5,500,000,000​

Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Loans (?)

$60,000,000​

$11,860,000​

NUTRITION PROGRAMS

Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services (?)

$809,000​

Child Nutrition Programs (?)

$25,118,440,000​

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program (?)

$6,000,000,000​

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (?)

$114,035,578,000​

Nutrition Program Administration (?)

$156,805,000​

FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

Under Secretary, Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs

$887,000​

Codex Alimentarius

$4,805,000​

Foreign Agricultural Service Salaries and Expenses

$221,835,000​

Food For Peace (to be merged with other appropriations)

$112,000​

Food For Peace Title II Grants

$1,740,000,000​

McGovern-Dole Grants

$230,000,000​

Commodity Credit Export Guarantee

$6,381,000​

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

$5,876,025,000​

FDA Buildings and Facilities

$12,788,000​

FDA Innovations and Cures

$70,000,000​

TOTAL

$236,079,120,000​

Over 236 billion dollars will go to the Department of Agriculture. So this in not for COVID relief, and this is only one out of 32 divisions.

 

[Nehemiah6]

The above shows that about 12% of this obscene bill went to just the Department of Agriculture, which should not have received a single dime of this money. The same would apply to all the other bureaucracies listed. And some of the money will go to bail out Democrat controlled states.

 

[gb9]

The above shows that about 12% of this obscene bill went to just the Department of Agriculture, which should not have received a single dime of this money. The same would apply to all the other bureaucracies listed. And some of the money will go to bail out Democrat controlled states.

covid relief. what a joke.

 

[PennEd]

US "COVID Relief" Was Enough To Give Every Taxpayer $41,870 But We Got Peanuts Instead
https://www.zerohedge.com/political...e-every-taxpayer-41870-we-got-peanuts-instead

 

[Nehemiah6]

US "COVID Relief" Was Enough To Give Every Taxpayer $41,870 But We Got Peanuts Instead

What is really disconcerting is how little the Republicans in Congress and the Senate did to oppose this obscene bill, which gave peanuts to those who actually suffered from the lockdowns etc. There should have been TOTAL OPPOSITION to this bill, as well as TOTAL EXPOSURE of all that is wrong with it. Not a single government bureaucrat suffered, and not a single politician suffered. But they are the ones getting huge handouts.

Also one should take a close look at the breakdown of allocations for the Department of Agriculture. At least 80% of that money should not even be going out. Perhaps 100%.

 

[Billyd]

How about this use of stimulus money?

https://nypost.com/2021/03/15/california-schools-consider-covid-19-relief-for-bonuses/

How about giving the bonus to the parents who have lost jobs or part of their income because they must remain home to educate their children? I'm sure that they would love to have a Hawaiian vacation.

 

[Nehemiah6]

How about this use of stimulus money?

The term "stimulus" is totally incorrect, but it is used over and over again in connection with this government handout to those who NEVER SUFFERED and which will definitely not stimulate the economy or create meaningful jobs. But it will definitely stimulate the greed of politicians and bureaucrats.

So is the use of the term "public health emergency" in Bill 133, since there is NO PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, since the pandemic was bogus. You can call this bill The Democratic Theft Bill, since they are literally stealing from the Treasury to bolster their power and position. They are also channeling billions to foreign entities, while they give actual American citizens a laughable and insulting amount for losses suffered.

There should have been a huge outcry by every Republic politician, and TOTAL OPPOSITION to this bill. But it did not happen. I would not be surprised is even a single one of them actually read that bill and analyzed its terrible consequences. Almost 6,000 pages so no one would bother checking it line by line.

Take a close look at what I have shown for just the Department of Agriculture. What does Agriculture have to do with (a) civil rights, (b) native endowments, (c) state mediation grants, (d) rural housing, (e) rural electrification, (f) nutrition programs, (g) foreign assistance programs, and (h) the FDA? There is absolutely no mention of compensation to farmers and ranchers who may have suffered huge losses.