Tag Archives: Stimulus

Paul Ryan Requested Millions in Stimulus Money

Posted on August 14, 2012 at 2:31 pm by Bob Cesca

The Boston Globe reports: In 2009, as Representative Paul Ryan was railing against President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus package as a “wasteful spending spree,” he wrote at least four letters to Obama’s secretary of energy asking that millions of dollars … Continue reading →

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Economists Agree: The Stimulus Worked

Posted on July 24, 2012 at 3:15 pm by JM Ashby

Bloomberg ran a column yesterday debunking the entire economic argument against the policies of President Obama titled “The U.S. Economic Policy Debate is a Sham,” and, not surprisingly, a poll conducted by the University of Chicago found very few economists … Continue reading →

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The Latest Karl Rove Disaster

Posted on July 11, 2012 at 10:41 am by Bob Cesca

Here’s Rove’s new Crossroads GPS commercial attacking Tim Kaine’s campaign for Senate in Virginia, with the totally untrue claim that the stimulus failed. See that? Rove’s evidence that the stimulus failed was a headline from the Wall Street Journal op/ed … Continue reading →

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Romney Mocks Stimulus For Saving Jobs

Posted on June 12, 2012 at 3:35 pm by JM Ashby

Mitt Romney really hates the stimulus but he loves holding fundraisers at the homes of men who benefited from the stimulus. Mitt Romney spent this morning in Florida trashing the stimulus, saying the Obama administration “borrowed almost a trillion dollars … Continue reading →

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Bob McDonnell Makes the Case for Obama

Posted on June 4, 2012 at 4:15 pm by JM Ashby

Whether he knew it or not, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (R) made the case for the Obama Administration during at interview with CNN’s Candy Crowley. At 5.6 percent, Virginia’s unemployment rate is among the lowest in the country, well below … Continue reading →

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The Stimulus is Still Working

Posted on May 30, 2012 at 4:45 pm by JM Ashby

According to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office, between 200,000 and 1.5 million people employed during the month of March owed their jobs to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the stimulus). (via CBPP) A new Congressional Budget … Continue reading →

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Just a Reminder About Stimulating the Economy

Posted on May 29, 2012 at 7:37 am by Bob Cesca

I wrote this a while back, but given the Romney platform of all tax cuts and no spending increases, here’s what Moody’s Analytics has to say about which option is a better return on investment. FACT: Every dollar spent on … Continue reading →

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Those Aren’t Real Jobs Anyway

Posted on April 28, 2012 at 3:20 pm by JM Ashby

During his speech at Otterbein College yesterday, Mitt Romney decided to attack the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the stimulus) not because it saved or created jobs, but because it saved or created the wrong jobs. Government jobs. Because those … Continue reading →

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The Stimulus Worked

Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:37 am by Bob Cesca

And the Republicans are lying about it: The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that President Obama’s 2009 stimulus package continues to have a significant effect. The bill raised fourth-quarter 2011 gross domestic product by as much as 1.5 percent, it … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Stimulus

Posted on February 19, 2012 at 10:26 am by Bob Cesca

Friday marked the three-year anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — the stimulus. Here’s Michael Linden, director for tax and budget policy at the Center for American Progress, to answer the question, “Did the stimulus work?” [Hint: Yes!]

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