Which of these items will actually stimulate the economy? Which will most egregiously NOT help the economy?

This is what’s actually in the Recovery Bill. http://wsbradio.com/blogs/jamie_dupree/2009/02/spending-in-the-stimulus-bill.html

$24 million for construction and repairs to US Department of Agriculture facilities
$22.5 million for the USDA Inspector General for oversight on the stimulus bill
$176 million for deferred maintenance on US Agricultural Research Service facilities
$50 million to modernize and maintain the IT system of the Farm Service Agency
$290 million for “Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations”
$50 million for “Wastershed Rehabiliation Program”
$1 billion for rural housing direct loans
$10.4 billion for rural housing guaranteed loans
$2.5 billion for rural distance learning, telemedicine and broadband
$100 million in grants for National School Lunch Program equipment assistance
$150 million in agricultural commodity assistance
$1 billion for the Census Bureau
$4.7 billion for “Broadband Technology Opportunities Program” which includes $350 million for the
development of a “broadband inventory map”
$650 million for Digital TV converter box program
$220 million for Scientific research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
$360 million for Construction of scientific research facilities
$230 million in extra budget money for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
$600 million for NOAA “Procurement, Acquisition and Construction”
$225 million in grants for programs to combat violence against women
$2 billion in state and local law enforcement assistance grants
$225 million in grants to improve the criminal justice system
$225 million in law enforcement assistance to Indian Tribes
$100 million for the “office for Victims of Crime”
$125 million in law enforcement assistance for rural areas
$50 million in state and local grants to combat internet crime against kids
$1 billion for the COPS program
$400 million in operations budget money for NASA
$150 million for “Aeronautics” at NASA
$400 million for “Exploration” at NASA
$2.5 billion for research at the National Science Foundation
$100 million for NSF “Education and Human Resources”
$400 million for NSF “Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction”
$1.4 billion in Army “Operation and Maintenance”
$657 million in Navy “Operation and Maintenance”
$113 million in Marine Corps “Operation and Maintenance”
$1.09 billion for Air Force “Operation and Maintenance”
$98 million for Army Reserve “Operation and Maintenance”
$55 million for Navy Reserve “Operation and Maintenance”
$39 million in Marine Corps Reserve “Operation and Maintenance”
$13 million for Air Force Reserve “Operation and Maintenance”
$266 million for Army National Guard “Operation and Maintenance”
$25 million for Air National Guard “Operation and Maintenance”
$75 million each for Army, Navy, Air Force “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation”
$400 million for “Defense Health Program”
$2 billion for Army Corps of Engineers construction
$375 million for Army Corps projects on the Mississippi and tributaries
$2.07 billion for Army Corps of Engineers “Operation and Maintenance”
$100 million for “Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program”
$1 billion for Interior Department “Water and Related Resources”
$50 million for Central Utah Project Completion Act
$50 million for California Bay-Delta Restoration Act
$10 million to inspect canals in urban areas
$16.8 billion for Energy Department, “Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy”
$5 billion of that goes for “Weatherization Assistance”
$4.5 billion to improve the nation’s electricity grid
$3.4 billion for “Fossil Energy Research and Development”
$483 million for “Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup”
$390 million for “Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund”
$1.6 billion for “Science”
$6 billion “Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program”
$5.12 billion for “Defense Environmental Cleanup”
$7 million for oversight of “Making Work Pay” tax credits and payments in this bill
$80 million to implement health insurance tax credit plan
$5.5 billion for the “Federal Buildings Fund”
$300 million to buy energy efficient vehicles for the federal government
$200 million to consolidate the Department of Homeland Security Headquarters
$100 million for hi tech border security technology along the Mexican border
$420 million for construction of US Customs land border ports of entry
$20 million for tactical communications equipment for immigration enforcement
$1 billion for Aviation Security (explosive detection equipment)
$98 million for improvements to Coast Guard shore facilities
$142 million for “Alteration of Bridges”
$150 million in FEMA Public Transportation Security Assistance grants
$150 million for Port Security Grants
$210 million in grants to upgrade non-Federal fire stations
$125 million for Bureau of Land Management activities
$180 million for Bureau of Land Management construction
$15 million for Wildland Fire
Romare, obviously not all economist think it will stimulate the economy. Take a look at http://www.cato.org/special/stimulus09/cato_stimulus.pdf where 200 economists sign a full-page ad saying that government spending is not the way to improve the economy.