"Stimulus" projects reveal how rich we are

I'm watching Fox News' review of 101 wasteful stimulus projects across the country (e.g., a million bucks to determine how many deer live in Pennsylvania; covered garages for the bicycles of Microsoft employees) that total over $1.2 billion. (Which is actually chump change considering the $3.5 billion that was given to Ohio for a new federal power authority, in exchange for the vote of Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Toledo for the Waxman-Markey bill.)

Apart from the obvious disgust, what struck me the most was this is a very rich country, if the only way we can spend an extra billion dollars is on ridiculous and unnecessary stuff like this.