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Economists debate the extent President Obama’s mega-stimulus plan has aided the economy. One year after it was signed into law, there is strong question about how much the $787 billion program boosted employment. One thing is certain: it stimulated a great deal of news coverage, and the broadcast networks boosted support for it in turn.
Since Obama signed the bill on Feb. 17, 2009, ABC, CBS and NBC served as unofficial supporters of what NBC called “President Obama’s stimulus cavalry.” The three major evening news shows covered the package on average once every other say. But barely more than...
$787 Billion Reasons Why Journalists Love the Stimulus
Only a person who wants to ruin the country can continue. Bush spent, Obama gives a new meaning to the word.
I read the comments because I need to hear from people who can add and subtract, and are honest.You cannot spend your way out of debt. A most amazingly stupid notion, that never worked in the history of the planet. And you cannot make-work jobs, using taxes....