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businesspundit.com - 2/12/2009
Stimulus Watch: Web Watchdog for the Stimulus Package
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StimulusWatch is a new wiki that uses online feedback to hold the government accountable for its elephantine stimulus package. From the website : StimulusWatch.org was built to help the new administration keep its pledge to invest stimulus money smartly, and to hold public officials to ...
csmonitor.com - 2/9/2009
Instead of stimulus, do nothing – seriously
— csmonitor.com — Stimulus is unconstitutional. And history shows that the economy can recover strongly on its own, if politicians stay out of the way. (more) Instead of stimulus, do nothing – seriously

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The People's Stimulus: Get Your Money Back (video)
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youtube.com - 2/12/2009
The People's Stimulus: Get Your Money Back (video)
— youtube.com — Politicians are going to spend $800 billion dollars which they claim will stimulate the economy. For the same amount of money we could eliminate the payroll ... (more) The People's Stimulus: Get Your Money Back (video)

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davidharvey.org - 2/14/2009
Why the U.S. Stimulus Package is Bound To Fail
— davidharvey.org — Much is to be gained by viewing the contemporary crisis as a surface eruption generated out of deep tectonic shifts in the spatio-temporal disposition of capitalist development. The tectonic plates are now accelerating their motion and the likelihood ... (more) Why the U.S. Stimulus Package is Bound To Fail

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Green Energy Details of Economic Stimulus Package — Green Stocks Central
Now that Congress has approved the economic stimulus package (aka the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act) with Obama expected to sign it into law on Tuesday I thought I’d give a run down of what’s in this bill related to green energy initiatives.  Overall, nearly 10% ...
The Great $790 Billion Economic Stimulus Plan On Its Way — Rant About It...
What’s Happening In The Market Now.. Stocks got off to a slow start this morning. Investors appear to be waiting for more details on the compromise version of the $790 billion economic stimulus plan on track for a Friday vote in the House. The Senate could vote on the package later in the ...
Government so transparent it's opaque? — Heavy Lifting
From an interesting site Read the Stimulus dot org:The final language has been posted; you can find links to the various docs at the Speaker's website. Update: The speaker's website is apparently down. Imagine that. Docs are also available here. The total size of the four major files is over ...
Week In Review: Massive Spending, Nat Hentoff, Salary Caps and the Mexican Drug War — Cato @ Liberty
Deal Reached on Massive Spending Bill The Washington Post reports , “A day after settling on the details of a nearly $790 billion economic stimulus package, congressional leaders moved to hold final votes on the plan tomorrow in hopes of sending it to President Obama to sign into law ...
Congress Spares Energy Spending, Credits in Compromise Stimulus Bill — Earth2Tech
The House and Senate have made a tentative deal on the stimulus bill, and plan to vote on a compromise version of the package tomorrow. At $789 billion, the bill is some $40 billion leaner than either of the versions proposed by the two legislative bodies. Full details of the compromise bill ...
Video: Markets Have Geithner Hangover — Daily Markets
Even though the economic stimulus package passed in Congress, investors are still waiting on details in the financial bailout, says Alan Valdes of Hilliard Lyons. … [ visit site to read more ]
Short Squeeze Triggered with Room to Run — Commodity Trader
The financial markets expressed their discomfort with the lack of details provided on the restructured TARP plan and the uncertainty over the economic stimulus package. Equities seemed to slide off of the cliff, while Treasuries finally experienced the short covering rally that we have been ...
Intellectual Ether — The Learning Curve by Muckdog
Extremely fugly day on the market . The bank rescue plan detailed by Timothy Geithner did not provide vital details of how his plan will work .  I'm not buying that. I think the market took a look at a solution of "spending money we don't have" as a continuation of what George Bush did. ...
The Stimulus Package: Details — [ The Financial Ninja ]
(Click to enlarge.) Full story at The Washington Post: Taking Apart the $819 billion Stimulus Package
Two Ways: Bank Bailout Plot Thickens — Minyanville
Timing is Everything Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has postponed an announcement of a baillout of financial-services companies until Tuesday. The reason for the delay is simple: Keep the focus on the Obama administration's stimulus package and work out the details of a plan in which ...
Obama hardens bail-out line — FT Alphaville
Barack Obama's administration has stepped up pressure on US lawmakers, threatening to force them to work through their one-week recess starting Friday, to get the $800bn economic stimulus package enacted as soon as possible. Amid the worst job losses in a generation, Obama postponed details of a ...
Looking North for Ideas — Manhattan Institute Articles
Even though the Senate has reshaped the massive stimulus package approved by the House of Representatives (details are still emerging as I write this), the final product looks like it falls short of achieving the above 5 goals.