Posts Tagged ‘American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009’

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Nov16

90%

by Duane on November 16th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Posted In: Politics, Remember

Back in January of this year.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Barack Obama now says his plan to pump up the ailing economy could create or save three to four million jobs, more than the 2.6 million jobs the government says were lost last year.
In his weekly radio and YouTube address, the President-elect gave details on a report [...]

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Oct29

Quick Bits

by Duane on October 29th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Posted In: Headlines

Numb3rs – The real life game
WASHINGTON – (AP) A Colorado company said it created 4,231 jobs with the help of President Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan. The real number: fewer than 1,000.
A child care center in Florida said it saved 129 jobs with the help of stimulus money. Instead, it gave pay raises to its [...]

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Aug26

Ahhh! Stimulating, isn’t it? (and other things)

by Duane on August 26th, 2009 at 3:25 am
Posted In: Headlines

From nowhampshire.com
Arguing in favor of President Barack Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in January Democratic Congressman and senate candidate Paul Hodes claimed the stimulus act would “Reduce Soaring Unemployment.”
It hasn’t worked out that way.
Instead, according to a report issued by the New Hampshire Office of Economic Stimulus, the stimulus act has created only 96 [...]

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Aug03

End of the world as we know it

by Duane on August 3rd, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Posted In: Economy, Follow the money, Headlines, Our Health, Politics, Science & Research

I am just amazed and outright appalled at how folks are so enraptured by Obama that they would not even question what he is proposing to do with health care in this country. While many of us dissected, consumed, regurgitated and dissected again the Gates Gate, there hasn’t been nearly as much close analysis by [...]

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Jul09

But I thought it was supposed to create JOBS

by Duane on July 9th, 2009 at 2:51 am
Posted In: Economy, Follow the money, Headlines, Politics

USA Today reported on the recent release of the GAO (Government Accountability Office) and its findings on the effectiveness of the stimulus bill that was signed back in February of this year.
“The report says that as of mid-June, states had received about $29 billion of the estimated $49 billion in stimulus funding they are scheduled [...]

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May18

HURRY UP (for Medicaid, unemployment benefits…)!

by Duane on May 18th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Posted In: Economy, Follow the money, Headlines, Politics

‘Memba we were told that it was critical for us to push the stimulus bill ($3.27 trillion–total cost, not the $787 billion sticker price msm keeps repeating), otherwise America would go to hell in a handbasket? Well apparently the “collapse” of things like Medicaid and unemployment benefits would have really destoyed America as we know [...]

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May11

Without the race angle, this may become another “non-issue”

by Duane on May 11th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Posted In: Economy, Follow the money

WASHINGTON (AP) — Counties suffering the most from job losses stand to receive the least help from President Barack Obama’s plan to spend billions of stimulus dollars on roads and bridges, an Associated Press analysis has found.
Although the intent of the money is to put people back to work, AP’s review of more than 5,500 [...]

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