4 Fantastically Stupid Projects Bankrolled By Republicans Aiming to Please Their Corporate Masters

AlterNet / By Allison Kilkenny

4 Fantastically Stupid Projects Bankrolled By Republicans Aiming to Please Their Corporate Masters
The narrative that there isn’t enough money isn’t true. In state after state, legislatures are able to find hundreds of millions of dollars to spend on the whims of the rich.

May 23, 2011 |


As thousands of Americans protest the budget cuts and austerity measures being unleashed on their communities by their elected officials, states continue to issue tax breaks and deal out funding for an array of fantastically stupid projects.

1. Kentucky’s $43 million Bible theme park

In Kentucky, officials approved $43 million in tax breaks to complete a project for a Bible-themed amusement park. In addition to that subsidy, taxpayers may have to cough up another $11 million to improve a highway interchange near the site.

Gov. Steve Beshear (D) dismissed the concerns of separation of church and state hippies when he stated there’s nothing “remotely unconstitutional” about taxpayer dollars incentivizing the Ark park, unless you’re one of those extremists who take the “separation of church and state” part of the Constitution literally.



It’s unclear how many jobs exactly The Ark Encounter amusement park will actually create, but it is obvious Kentucky badly needs funding in other areas. The state has gone through eight rounds of budget cuts over the past three years, including massive cuts to education (Kentucky is one of nine states that cut per-child spending by more than 10 percent), and a pay freeze for all teachers and state workers. The state also recently cut funding for Medicaid. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/economy/151043/4_fantastically_stupid_projects_bankrolled_by_republicans_aiming_to_please_their_corporate_masters/

god is that ugly......

I presume that is where people go to die.

like Limbaugh needs another roll of fat.

My eyes hurt just looking at this picture.

and the project went bust before they built the largest ferris wheel in the world that would stay lit all night and be emblazoned with a giant Pepsi sign.
Christie's new developers are making the project even larger and uglier. They have stated that it will be like going to Hawaii complete with a beach and 85 degree temps! The effective end of the Meadowlands.
Mark my word....New Jersey will be paying for this pile of crap for generations and the commute to work in NYC will come to a complete stand still if they ever manage to get the place open.

to provide more for the corporations and uber wealthy to take for themselves.

So sad.

Wish the people in those states knew what they were voting for. Not platitudes but actual transfer of more of their own public taxes into private hands.