Bad medicine: Stimulus bill is sickening

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Author(s) New Hampshire Union Leader editorial board
Source New Hampshire Union Leader
Date January 30, 2009
URL http://unionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=2a505eff-803e-40d6-a1cc-4a5976b88449
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Quotes-start.png "The Wall Street Journal calculated that only 12 percent of the bill's provisions can accurately be called stimulative. The rest is simply being thrown at favored constituencies by Congress. The bill even includes a provision forbidding the use of foreign steel in the construction projects it funds. Does no one in Congress remember Smoot-Hawley?" Quotes-end.png


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This item argues against the position Act should be passed on the topic American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.