stimulus bill

What are they, and do they work to benefit nations and individuals? The US appear to have agreed on a stimulus bill. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/20/mcconnell-says-congress-has-agreed-to-900-billion-coronavirus-stimulus-deal.html "The relief plan includes direct payments of $600 to most...

Is this true, or more spin? I know it's more than a year old, but it seems to be the topic of discussion on talk radio lately. Stimulus Bill Abolishes Welfare Reform and Adds New Welfare Spending To me, it looks like they increased the money that could be spent on welfare in anticipation...

During Anderson Cooper's interview with Obama on July 13 (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/07/13/anderson_cooper_interview_barack_obama_97446.html ), Obama made the following statement: Obama is a baldfaced LIAR. In selling the stimulus package, Obama and his cohorts assured...

Note all the dates: Link. Link. Link. Let us accept as true President Obama's unfalsifiable April 29 claim that the stimulus bill has saved or created over 150,000 jobs, even though it is as unfalsifiable as the claim that he has an invisible pink unicorn setting Shakespeare's Hamlet to music...

Just wondering if anyone knows if the Conference Committee has released the statutory text on the Stimulus Bill yet. I'm looking for a particular item involving a 5 year tax deferment on debt buybacks. I actually posted a similar thread in the economics section, I realize that's probably...

Because nothing says, "I care about the people", like telling them they don't need help: http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa090218_mo_buckingstimulus.2d00436f.html

Why does he keep making these kinds of rookie mistakes? When I heard him say this in his news conference it sounded strange and now it turns out it wasn't true. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6866995&page=1

Reid stated that this will stimulate the economy and produce 3.5 million new good paying jobs. What do you think? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/11/AR2009021103678_pf.html .

Thank goodness we are in a new era of prudent spending and no fear and panic. Right? Avoid reading this if you want to keep your blood pressure at healthy levels: 50 De-Stimulating Facts Looks like it's a done deal. If you thought Bush was a big wasteful spender, hold on to your shorts...

Most of the 50 outrageous facts about the bill in the national review's home page seem to be very much less than outrageous. Take a look yourself. What the bill is, is annoying: all kinds of good (or not so good) causes get money which they might well deserve, but that has nothing to do with...

...and an irreversible economic collapse: Wasn't this supposed to be about hope and change, rather than pushing through the biggest pork-barrel budget in the nation's history through fearmongering and creating divisions?

I thought about calling this thread "Obama offers 50 billion dollar bribe." I'm simply disgusted by "economic stimulus" packages. True story from the last stimulus package. One day, I was opening the mail, my wife was preparing dinner, and my then four year old son was playing. He was just...