The federal economic stimulus bill started with an emphasis on “timely, targeted, and temporary” spending on infrastructure projects, plus sizable tax cuts, but ended as a $787 billion bill emphasizing social and environmental spending and less tax relief than originally proposed. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 passed with support from only three [...]

Steve Stanek
Steve Stanek is the managing editor of Budget & Tax News. Before being named managing editor, Stanek was a contributor to other Heartland publications, including Health Care News and Environment & Climate News.