Bush Stimulus Plan

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How To Get Your Tax Rebate Check

Washington Post   |  Michelle Singletary   |   April 10, 2008 08:22 AM


Taxpayers have been ringing the Internal Revenue Service telephones in record numbers trying to get answers about the upcoming economic stimulus payments. In a recent report, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration noted that the IRS has been averaging...

Bush: Give Stimulus Checks "A Chance To Kick In"

Think Progress   |   April 8, 2008 04:56 PM


Recognizing that rebate checks ranging from $300 to $1,200 aren't enough to turn around the economy, several lawmakers are proposing a second stimulus bill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has indicated that she is interested in "increasing unemployment insurance and...

My Economic Stimulus Package: Random Acts of Spending

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted March 28, 2008 | Business


Fortune's Stanley Bing

I have an idea to stimulate the economy. This weekend, let's all go out and spend some money.

Yes, I know a lot of us don't have as much to spread around as we used to. But usually, we have something. Ten bucks. Twenty. Those who are more fortunate should...

Most Americans Will Save, Not Spend, Tax Rebate Checks

CNN/Money   |  Ben Rooney   |   March 24, 2008 04:08 PM


Tax rebates are the centerpiece of the government's plan to stimulate the economy, but many Americans are planning to put the money in the bank or use it to pay off debt, according to a survey released Monday. A CNN/Opinion...

The Self-Inflicted Recession

Jared Bernstein and Nancy Cleeland | Posted March 7, 2008 | Business


Jared Bernstein and Nancy Cleeland

One thing to keep in mind as we live through the pain of this deepening recession: It didn't have to happen.

Sure, recessions are part of the natural economic order, implicit in the yin and yang of the business cycle. But often they're brought on by some external shock, like...

A Politically Driven Economic Stimulus Package Cannot Take the Place of Reasoned Economic Policy and Planning

Howard Shanker | Posted February 14, 2008 | Business


Howard Shanker

The bi-partisan stimulus package that President Bush signed with much fanfare yesterday says more about what is wrong with our political process than what it is wrong with our economy. The $168 billion package is a triumph of political expediency over economic basics and common sense.

We are faced with...

How My $1,500 is Going to Rescue the American Economy

Annabelle Gurwitch | Posted February 14, 2008 | Business


Annabelle Gurwitch

Last week, the Congress approved an economic stimulus package that should send approximately $1,500 dollars to my family. Wow, what to do with it? My first thought was to sock it away, but I read that saving the money won't help stimulate the economy and I want to do my...

Tax Rebate Stimulus Boost Will Wear Off

MarketWatch   |  Rex Nutting   |   February 14, 2008 08:45 AM


There's a lot of skepticism in the country about how effective the $168 billion fiscal stimulus package will be, but economists who've crunched the numbers say it will give the economy a much-needed boost in the middle of the year....

Sorry, George, I Need More

Linda Seger | Posted February 12, 2008 | Politics


Linda Seger

George W. is going to give us back some money in May -- perhaps as much as $300 or $600 or $1200. He thinks that this will make up for his failed economic policies. But isn't this similar to a giving a band-aid to a child who needs a $30,000...

Clinton And Obama Head Back For Senate Stimulus Package Vote

CNN's Political Ticker   |  Ted Barrett   |   February 6, 2008 08:36 AM


Senate Democratic leaders have summoned presidential candidates Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., to the Senate Wednesday for a 5:45 p.m. vote on a Democratic-backed economic stimulus bill. The measure needs 60 votes to pass and right now...

Extending Unemployment Benefits is a No-Brainer

Nancy Cleeland and Ross Eisenbrey | Posted February 5, 2008 | Business


Nancy Cleeland and Ross Eisenbrey

Giving the jobless an extra three months of checks makes more economic sense than rebates, but the White House says 'No.' It's up to the Senate now.

About 1.4 million Americans have been officially unemployed for more than six months, the magic cutoff point when government...

Reid On Clinton And Obama: "I Need Them Back"

Political Radar   |  Byron Wolf   |   January 31, 2008 12:20 PM


Senate Democrats held a special meeting Thursday to decide on two bills both with a deadline of February 15. In between now and then...is Super Tuesday. No final decisions on either the FISA update bill or the economic stimulus package...

Want to Shame the Bush White House? Give Away Your Tax Rebate

Linda Keenan | Posted January 30, 2008 | Politics


Linda Keenan

I'm giving my tax rebate away (assuming we ever get one). I'm not doing this because I want your admiration. I want to make a statement about the sacrifice that has never been asked of me during a time of war. I've been reminded this week of President Kennedy's call...

How the Country Has Come to Find Itself in the Current Economic Mess

Leo W. Gerard | Posted January 28, 2008 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

As the Senate moves to consider the wholly inadequate stimulus package passed by the House -- zip for the jobless, no increase in food stamps, squat for the nation's crumbling infrastructure -- it's useful to consider how the country has come to find itself in the current economic mess.

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Real Relief for Families

Rahm Emanuel | Posted January 28, 2008 | Politics


Rahm Emanuel

Across the country families are struggling and Democrats have responded with a plan to provide relief to middle class and working families. The deal announced by Speaker Pelosi is progressive and a sharp departure from the policies of George W. Bush. Rep. Barney Frank called it the most progressive tax...

Rebates Could Come by May

AP   |  JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS   |   January 26, 2008


WASHINGTON — Most taxpayers could expect a rebate of up to $600 starting in mid-May under the economic aid plan set to go through Congress within weeks. Couples could get twice as much, with even more for most families with...

At Least Reagan Gave Us Cheese

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted January 25, 2008 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

I hope House Speaker Nancy Pelosi doesn't pose for the cameras with President George W. Bush in a signing ceremony of this misguided and regressive "economic stimulus package." An ill-conceived photo-op will come back to haunt the Democrats when the "package" proves to be a miserable failure and will only...

Stimulus Deal: The Banes of Bipartisanship

Robert L. Borosage | Posted January 25, 2008 | Politics


Robert L. Borosage

Barbara Ehrenreich memorably called the talk about the stimulus "clitoral economics." And that was before we got screwed.

The stimulus deal just announced is being praised more for its existence than its content. Much lamented partisan bickering was overcome; bipartisan cooperation that got it done. WIth Wall Street bankers...

It's a Bad Deal!

Nancy Cleeland and Lawrence Mishel | Posted January 24, 2008 | Politics


Nancy Cleeland and Lawrence Mishel

In their haste to make a deal on a stimulus package, Congressional Democrats are apparently willing to throw good economic sense out the window.

The package outlined in news reports this morning gets it half-right by ensuring that lump sum payments go to the lowest income earners, who need them...

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