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Stimulus Timeline
econompicdata.blogspot.com - 1/28/2009
Stimulus Timeline
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CBO reports the time path of estimated outlays on government purchases under the proposed stimulus bill. Assuming enactment in mid-February, CBO estimates that the bill would increase outlays by $93 billion during the remaining several months of fiscal year 2009, by $225 billion in fiscal year ...
austrianeconomists.typepad.com - 1/27/2009
Stimulus or Carpe Diem? The New Deal Wasn't a Stimulus Package Either
— austrianeconomists.typepad.com — One of the (correct) complaints about the proposed stimulus plan is that it's full of all kinds... of programs that would appear to have nothing to do with any accepted economic theory about what sorts of spending could even possibly lead to recovery.  ... (more) Stimulus or Carpe Diem? The New Deal Wasn't a Stimulus ...

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Stimulus Bill Near $900 Billion
online.wsj.com - 1/28/2009
Stimulus Bill Near $900 Billion
— online.wsj.com — [stimulus] See how some of the major stimulus spending will be shared by the states.... (more) Stimulus Bill Near $900 Billion

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daviddfriedman.blogspot.com - 2/4/2009
Stimulus: The Power of Names
— daviddfriedman.blogspot.com — A well chosen name wins an argument by assuming its conclusion. Label cash subsidies to foreign government... as "foreign aid" and who can be so hard hearted as to oppose them. Call subsidies to the public schools "aid to education" and you neatly skip ... (more) Stimulus: The Power of Names

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    <a href="http://bloggingredneck.blogspot.com/2009/01/stimulus-bill-moves-us-closer-to.html">Stimulus bill moves us closer to nationalized health care and rationing</a>

    The House of Representatives approved an $819 billion economic stimulus package Wednesday. The party line vote was a blow to Barack Obama's alleged desire for bipartisanship. All the Republicans and 11 democrats voted against the bill. One thing in the bill that went mostly unnoticed was a new bureaucracy called the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research.
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Wednesday links: dependent models
Abnormal Returns — ... tired of behavioral finance.”  (Infectious Greed) Add jumbo mortgages to the list of troubled mortgage assets.  (WSJ.com also Big Picture) What makes a bank too big to fail?  (Market Movers) The details are key in examining the stimulus bill.  (WSJ.com, Megan McArdle, EconomPic Data, Crossing Wall Street, Clusterstock ...

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Instead of stimulus, do nothing – seriously
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Stimulus for Who?
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Stimulus in the House
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A New Stimulus Market
clubforgrowth.org 3/12/2009 — There is now a secondary market for stimulus cash.
The Stimulus Time Machine
online.wsj.com 1/26/2009 — The stimulus bill currently steaming through Congress looks like a legislative freight train, but given last week's analysis by the Congressional Budget Office, it is more accurate to think of it as a time machine. That may be the only way to explain ...
Will Stimulus Become a $3 Trillion Nightmare?
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We The People Stimulus Package (video)
youtube.com 3/22/2009 — We The People Stimulus Package
A new and amazing plan for economic stimulus
marginalrevolution.com 4/5/2009 — Indeed, and  I am not being sarcastic .  Of course there are many illegal markets that would generate stimulus were they to be legalized.  Here are some of the big ones. Drugs Guns Prostitution (except in Nevada) Gay ...
House set to pass Obama's $825 billion stimulus deal$ — World News from Times Online 1/28/2009
Barack Obama is expected to enjoy the first political victory of his presidency today when the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives overrides Republican objections to pass an $825 billion economic stimulus plan.$
President Obama pleads for passage of $825bn stimulus plan$ — World News from Times Online 1/28/2009
President Obama today said that Washington had a duty to pass his $825 billion ($£576bn) stimulus plan, claiming that up to four million jobs would be created or saved during what he described as a "perilous moment" for the US economy.
Lawmakers Weigh 'Bad Bank' Plan — WSJ.com: What's News US 1/28/2009
Top congressional Democrats are taking a wait-and-see approach to a plan to create a "bad bank" to buy up toxic assets, though there remains a sense of urgency for policy makers to put something in place fast.
House passes economic stimulus bill - USATODAY.com — USATODAY.com Most Viewed Articles 1/29/2009
Non-Qualified Plan — Investopedia.com Headlines 1/29/2009
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