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WASHINGTON – Anxious to jolt the economy back to life, President-elect Barack Obama appears to be zeroing in on a stimulus package of about $850 billion, dwarfing last spring's tax rebates and rivaling drastic government actions to fight the Great Depression.
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- Economic Stimulus Package ExplainedCongressional leaders and President George W. Bush are talking about what tax breaks and other measures should be contained in an economic stimulus package.
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- DeMint Floor Speech on Economic...Excerpts from a speech Sen. DeMint gave on the Senate floor regarding the stimulus package recently voted on in the US Senate (Feb. 6, 2008).
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Money As Debt II- what really happened to our economy.
Bailouts, stimulus packages, debt piled upon debt...Where will it all end? How did we get into a situation where there has never been more material wealth & productivity and yet everyone is in debt to bankers? And now, all of a sudden, the bankers have no money and we the taxpayers, have to rescue them by going even further into debt! (Business & Finance)
BerkanaSat, Nov 7th, 20093 Diggs, 1 CommentsThe Stimulus: Too Little, Too Late?
The Dow might be up and the economy might be growing, but where are all the jobs? With a multibilliondollar stimulus package facing criticism from Republicans for growing the deficit and from some on the left for being too small, we wonder just where the money did go.(Political News)
NinaDePuyKampFri, Nov 6th, 20098 Diggs, 0 Comments'Non-Stimulus' Package Will Pump an Estimated $46B Into Econ
A new package of extended unemployment benefits and fresh tax breaks will pump another $46 billion in government stimulus into the economy through the middle of next year, Congressional estimates show.(Business & Finance)jezinbrisFri, Nov 6th, 20091 Diggs, 0 Comments
where do you think the government is going to get the $850 million?
Dec 18th, 2008
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