help schools go green. william la jeunesse is live in our newsroom on the west coast. he has a look at this one for you. william. reporter: well, jon, you know, we already pay state income taxes to construct and operate schools. you also pay local property taxes to help build schools. well now, you re about to pay a third time for the same thing. the federal government, jumping into the school construction business. $56 billion coming from the stimulus fund, that money has already been appropriated for school construction but now house democrats say that s not enough. they want a second bill. they passed it. it s called the 21st century green high performing public schools facility act to create a greener teaching environment. by employing smart technologies like lighting sensors that don t use electric bulbs, for instance, while the sunlight is lighting a classroom,
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but then we take two steps back when lunchtime rolls around at school and kids are faced with poor choices in the school cafeteria. reporter: fred, for us here at the stimulus desk, this is another good example of what we look at. there are all sorts of projects out there getting funding from hundreds of billions of dollars. in many cases it s a worthwhile project. the question for all americans to decide is what is appropriate use of stimulus fund and what s not. people can weigh in on either side of this one. so say your kid s school doesn t have a double steamer stove, as a parent what do you do to try and get improvements in your school s lunches? reporter: we were thinking about that. a lot of times people hear about one place and they think what about my kid. we ll take this computer behind me. the first web page you re seeing is our stimulus page, cnn.com/stimulus which i have open right here. but i have two pages that i want you to see. this is the first lady s program
small businesses, federal flood insurance, medicare payments to doctors, there are seniors who may not be able to get an appointment with a physician because their medicare payments could be cut and, in fact, it also is going to mean that a million and a half people are going to lose their local television stations who are viewing will [laughter] megyn: now you ve really crossed the line. this is getting very amusing. okay. first of all, none of that just like to insert reality here none of that is actually going to happen. but bunning isn t taking a position with unemployment benefit thes or even television, he s merely saying, pay for it. dip into the unspent stimulus fund. megyn: he may take a position against television, tucker, after this e voter with an encounter with an abc reporter. watch it. sir, we just wanted to excuse me, this is a senator-only elevator. can i accompany you on the
we find it s difficult for people to get loans. the banks have been given stimulus money but it hasn t trickled down to the individual. people are having a difficult time finding money to purchase homes or refinance homes which is what affects us a little bit more personally. you don t qualify for any stimulus money? have you tried to get any? that s not really something i m interested in looking into. i think that we shouldn t really have this stimulus program. i don t see that it s stimulated our economy at all. what do you say to other small business owners? i spoke to a small business owner who said he was helped by stimulus money. it provided an injection into his business. some oomph. do you not want that? i have no idea. i don t know who you re talking about. i haven t met anyone personally who s benefitted from this stimulus fund. okay, stephanie. thank you very much. we ll talk to you in a little