Stimulus money went to California erectile dysfunction study
UC-San Fran spent $1.2 million in taxpayer money for sexual history, erectile dysfunction studies
By Staff
The Washington Free Beacon
May 14, 2012 3:51 pm
http://freebeacon.com/stimulus-money-went-to-california-erectile-dysfunction-study/
The University of California-San Francisco spent $1.2 million in stimulus funds on studies on erectile dysfunction in overweight men, as well as studies on accuracy in the reporting of sexual history, NBC Bay Area reports:
The Investigative Unit looked closely at the federal government’s decision to spend nearly $1.5 million dollars of taxpayer money, money that came here to California. Grant number 1R01HD056950-01A2 was among the thousands of grants funded, receiving $1.2 million dollars. This grant studied how to improve the accuracy of how people responded to questions about their sexual history. [...]
The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit discovered that for $1.2 million dollars, taxpayers funded a study that included 200 videotaped interviews at $6000 per interview. Kovaleski asked Sheehy to justify the spending. “I think the average person is going to look at $1.2 million dollars to interview 200 people and say Wow!” Sheehy defended the study. “I understand people could look at it and have issues but this is research,” he said. ["... but this is research." Puhleeeeease! No, this is not "research," it is simply your personal gravy train unethically funded with other people's hard earned money, you worthless leech. 
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Kovaleski then asked about jobs. “How many jobs did this $1.26 million dollars create?” “Well I can’t really say,” Sheehy said. “There were eleven researchers hired on the job, two consultants. Well I can’t say. This has not been evaluated for job creation.”
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