7) $150,000,000- rural business program account - see above
8) $1,380,000,000- for an additional amount for the cost of direct loans and grants for the rural water, waste water, and waste disposal programs authorized by sections 306 and 310B and described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
Stimulus: Who knows? If the money goes to actual flood prevention, then great. If it goes to building bike paths next to waterways, no so much.
9) $2,500,000,000- distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program- basically providing broadband access to rural areas.
Stimulus: The internet is a great economic engine, but we won’t know for 90 days how this big pile of money (that’s BILLIONS, with a B) is going to be spent, when the AgSec has to make a report.
10) $100,000,000- increased funding for school lunches.
Stimulus- as close to zero as one can imagine. Plus, further disengages parents from the care of thier children.
11) $500,000,000- increased WIC funding.
Stimulus- if paying people to have kids they can’t feed, and discourage them from getting a job so that they can eat is stimulating of anything other than the welfare state, I can’t think of how.
12) $150,000,000- commodity assistance program; basically the Federal Government buying food and distributing it to the needy.
Stimulus- see preceding.