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Obama Releases Some Details on Economic Stimulus Package
calculatedrisk.blogspot.com - 12/7/2008
Obama Releases Some Details on Economic Stimulus Package
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President-elect Obama released some more details of his economic stimulus proposals today. As I noted last week, there aren't anywhere near enough "shovel ready" projects to offset the decline in private non-residential structure investment that I expect in 2009. Obama has added several more key ...
marginalrevolution.com - 12/8/2008
Obama's fiscal stimulus: some details
— marginalrevolution.com — I was surprised to read the first plank of Obama's proposed stimulus:First, we will launch a massive... effort to make public buildings more energy-efficient. Our government now pays the highest energy bill in the world. We need to change that.... (more) Obama's fiscal stimulus: some details

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obsidianwings.blogs.com - 12/14/2008
Details, Details
— obsidianwings.blogs.com — by hilzoy Last night I wrote about the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction's draft report. The... NYT has put the draft online here . I'm still reading through it, but here's a bit from p. 65 . The scene is an interagency conference on ... (more) Details, Details

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TigerHawk:  TigerHawk TV: Stimulating stuff!

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TigerHawk TV: Stimulating stuff!
TigerHawk — ... stimulus program. As usual, unrehearsed, apart from some notes, and -- obviously -- unedited! Calculated Risk gets the credit for the "shovel ready" reference, by the way. Ed Morrissey has ...

What President Obama Should Do
The Glittering Eye — ... He should get Congress to extend unemployment benefits and issue more food stamps. Those measures are the fiscal stimulus most likely to produce results now. He should get Congress to give money to the states for any “shovel-ready” infrastructure projects. ...

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