President-Elect Obama began to sketch his economic recovery plan in his weekly address yesterday. It’s long on spending but short on price tag.
The items he features in the talk include energy, roads and bridges, schools, broadband, and electronic medical records.
Of the items on the list, the energy idea seems to hold the most promise. [...]
Given the likelihood of new infrastructure spending being in the economic stimulus package, it’s important to focus on whether that spending will be done well, because that doesn’t always happen.
Back in August 2007 – before this blog was around to trumpet the news – we did a little release about what Congress was spending to [...]
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Congress is likely to take up an economic stimulus package when it returns for a lame-duck session this week. The American people should get a look at the plan [...]
Congress returns to work this week to consider an economic stimulus plan. The Senate comes in Monday and the House on Wednesday.
While the broad outlines of that plan can be determined from reading news reports and watching President-Elect Obama’s first weekly address, the details are what matter.
The broad outlines:
- Extension of unemployment benefits. [...]