Can you tell which of these government spending projects are real or fake?

[roo_ster]

http://www.bankruptingamerica.org/2010/08/12/new-video-can-you-tell-which-of-these-government-spending-projects-are-real-or-fake/

Where does one start? 

Well, an economics major interviews several folks and asks them if a particular stimulus project is real or fake.

As for my comment...drunk chinese turtles FTW!

[Ryan in Maine]

  * Infinity

[Monkeyleg]

As for my comment...drunk chinese turtles FTW!

No, no, no. It's funny drunk Chinese turtles with loose morals.

[PTK]

WTH is the USA government doing giving money to folks to do a study about prostitutes in CHINA?!

[taurusowner]

WTH is the USA government doing giving money to folks to do a study about prostitutes in CHINA?!

FTFY.  100% of government grants in every field everywhere should be totally and permanently discontinued.

[sanglant]

WTH is the USA government doing giving money to folks to do a study about prostitutes in CHINA?!

they heard one said, "me love you long time?"


or they just watched M*A*S*H.

[Perd Hapley]

Did anyone else notice that they actually found a joke-telling robot to interview?

[Firethorn]

FTFY.  100% of government grants in every field everywhere should be totally and permanently discontinued.

Eh, I figure that stuff like finding the next gun for issue to our troops, or a new bomb system, etc...  That's in the government's interest.  I'll even say things for public safety - like a study determining just how much various amounts of intoxication affect driving ability, for example.  That helps set a GOOD limit for DUI.

Beyond that?  More questionable.

[Ben]

Who is the woman doing the interview? She looks really familiar in a "I saw her on TV or something" kind of way.

[Nitrogen]

The turtle tunnel sounds like waste but if you read about it, it makes a lot more sense.  Turtles (and other animals) were getting creamed on a freeway.  (Cars get damaged when creamed by larger animals) so this might make a bit of sense.

The joke telling robot and blackberries for smokers is pretty stupid, though.  The blackberries for smokers is actually a good program, but I wouldn't want my tax dollars funding it.