Fantastic Summary of the Stimulus Success

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Originally Posted by dellinger63

Mine has well put up a coyote and roadrunner re-run.

You realize we're half way thru 2011 and that was not included.

Ask and you shall receive. You'll notice the GDP chart above is already inclusive of the first quarter of 2011 (and as the second quarter 2011 ends today, obviously that cannot be included)

So you just need jobs. Here you go. Obama created more jobs in one year than Bush created in eight years.

Finance 101: That's because when there is a recession, you try to stimulate spending. Money churn helps the economy. Thus unemployment benefits, short term jobs like census, etc. help keep the economy from going into a depression. All that is money immediately spent. Thus good for the economy.

You do not cut spending in a recession (like the GOP is threatening to shut down the government trying to do right now) That is bad for the economy. References: See the Bush years. See the Reagan years.