The United States is the “world’s policeman”. According to National Pulse, many of the stimulus packages passed by Congress on Dec. 21 are being spent on “democracy” programs around the world. For example, $700 million was spent on the Sudanese state, and $33 million “will be used for democracy programs in Venezuela.
According to the text of the plan, “not less than $135 million” will go to Burma, “not less than $85.5 million” to Cambodia, and “not less than $130 million” to Nepal.
The stimulus also provides that in Pakistan, the United States “will provide not less than $15 million for democracy programs and not less than $10 million for Gender Programs.
In addition to spreading U.S. taxpayer money around the world, the stimulus package also directs funds to causes that drive social justice.
The bill allocates funds to investigate “archaeological sites” related to the 1908 Springfield race riots and establishes two new Smithsonian museums: the National Museum of Latino America and a “comprehensive women’s history museum.
Another $1.5 million will be sent to the House Appropriations Committee’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion for its work.
The stimulus also used federal funds to launch a committee tasked with educating “consumers about the dangers associated with using or storing flammable liquid portable fuel containers near open fires.
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