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Category Archive: Stimulus

May
13
2009

Corresponding with Carol…

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by William Smith

May 13, 2009

As a general rule, I’m not one to fire off a letter to my Member of Congress. Typically, I feel it doesn’t do a whole lot of good. They haven’t represented us in years and most letters are typically answered by staffers using form letters. On April 16th, I broke my rule. I was …

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Feb
14
2009

Detailed “Stimulus” Spending…

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by William Smith

February 14, 2009

Stimulus is spending, but not all spending is stimulus…especially when it’s the Government spending money on the Government. ProPublica.org released a list of all the government appropriations in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The appropriations section of the bill details spending in excess of $311 billion for programs ranging from Pell grants …

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Feb
13
2009

Taxation Without Representation…

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by William Smith

February 13, 2009

1,071 pages and 8 inches thick. That’s how big the Obama Stimulus Package–the so-called “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009–is. It’s a bill that, according to the Associated Press, stands to combine “$281 billion in tax cuts for individuals and businesses with more than a half-trillion dollars in government spending. The money would …

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