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Reported Stimulus Package Would Provide Little Immediate Boost Due to Removal of Most Effective Provisions
by possibly noteworthy at 11:08 am EST, Jan 26, 2008 |
Nose, face, spite. Changes reportedly made last night in the stimulus package would reduce its effectiveness as stimulus. Although the package includes a reasonably designed tax rebate, the two most targeted and economically effective measures under consideration — a temporary extension of unemployment benefits and a temporary boost in food stamp benefits — were zeroed out, apparently at the insistence of House Republican leaders. The two respected institutions that have rated stimulus options in recent days — the Congressional Budget Office and Moody’s Economy.com — both give their two highest ratings for effectiveness as stimulus to the two measures that were dropped.
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Reported Stimulus Package Would Provide Little Immediate Boost Due to Removal of Most Effective Provisions
by k at 8:11 pm EST, Jan 27, 2008 |
Nose, face, spite. Changes reportedly made last night in the stimulus package would reduce its effectiveness as stimulus. Although the package includes a reasonably designed tax rebate, the two most targeted and economically effective measures under consideration — a temporary extension of unemployment benefits and a temporary boost in food stamp benefits — were zeroed out, apparently at the insistence of House Republican leaders. The two respected institutions that have rated stimulus options in recent days — the Congressional Budget Office and Moody’s Economy.com — both give their two highest ratings for effectiveness as stimulus to the two measures that were dropped.
what a bunch of assclowns. |
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