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directorblue.blogspot.com - 10/31/2009
Economic Stimulus Q&A
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Dave W. sent this one in:Sometime this year, we taxpayers may again receive an Economic Stimulus payment. This is an exciting program. I'll explain it using the Q and A format: Q. What is an Economic Stimulus payment?A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers. Q. Where ...
STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus jobs overstated in report (AP)
news.yahoo.com - 11/2/2009
STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus jobs overstated in report (AP)
— news.yahoo.com — AP - The White House is promising that new figures being released Friday will be a more... accurate showing of progress in President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan. It aggressively defended an earlier, faulty count that overstated by thousands ... (more) STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus jobs overstated in report (AP)

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politicalwire.com - 30 days ago
Crist Claims He Never Backed Economic Stimulus
— politicalwire.com — "It's getting harder every day and we know that it's important that we pass this stimulus package."... -- Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R), at a rally with President Obama on February 10, 2009. "I didn't endorse it. I didn't even have a vote on the ... (more) Crist Claims He Never Backed Economic Stimulus

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online.wsj.com - 10/29/2009
The Challenge in Counting Stimulus Returns
— online.wsj.com — The Wichita, Kan., government is slated to get more than $26 million from the U.S. economic-stimulus program.... By early October, eight months after the stimulus program was signed into law, it had received only about 2% of those funds. And much of ... (more) The Challenge in Counting Stimulus Returns

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