...   
      
   ->>  The Stimulus really did work.   
      
    FS> 'Scuse me ... [snicker] ...   
      
    *Wall Street Journal*: 70 percent of economists surveyed said   
    stimulus helped. **The Wall Street Journal reported on March 12   
    that 38 of the 54 economists it surveyed "said the American   
    Recovery and Reinvestment Act boosted growth and mitigated job   
    losses, while six said the legislation had a net negative   
    effect."   
      
    **ABC News: Most on panel of economists "think the economy would   
    be worse" without the stimulus. **ABC News reported on February   
    18 that "most" of the economists on its panel "think the economy   
    would be worse today without the big aid package, which totaled   
    $787 billion and was signed into law by President Obama on Feb.   
    17, 2009."   
      
    **NABE: 83 percent say stimulus raised GDP. **A February survey   
    of 203 members of the National Association for Business   
    Economics (NABE) found that "[e]ighty-three percent believe that   
    GDP is currently higher than it would have been without the 2009   
    stimulus package (ARRA)."   
      
    *USA Today*: Surveyed economists said "stimulus package saved   
    jobs." **USA Today reported on January 25:   
      
       President Obama's stimulus package saved jobs -- but the   
    government still needs to do more to breathe life into the   
    economy, according to USA TODAY's quarterly survey of 50   
    economists.   
      
       Unemployment would have hit 10.8% -- higher than December's   
    10% rate -- without Obama's $787 billion stimulus program,   
    according to the economists' median estimate. The difference   
    would translate into another 1.2 million lost jobs.   
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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