"Even the single mother making $9 an hour with a couple kids knows that when times are bad, borrow and when times are good, pay it off..."

So tell me Bobert, exactly has the stimulus etc. spending in bad times done for the single mother making $9 per hour? Is she making more now? Is she working more now? Are her children being educated better? Will they have a better life now?

For example, why must we spend $3.4 million that we don't have an of which 40% is borrowed money for a wildlife tunnel in Florida?

It might have employed some people for a year but after that there was no residual benefit for them. no continuing jobs created. No lasting benefit to society. No ROI.

Maybe a few people can sleep better at night knowing that not so many turtles are being smashed on that little section of the highway system.

It was a feel good project and wasteful. If we need to spend 3.4 mil, why not spend it on some day care for the mother?

Why not on schools or new books printed in the USA for the American students that will have to pay the bill someday in the future?

By the way, there was already a culvert under the road and a fence to direct the wildlife through the culvert but that wasn't good enough.