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Debate: 2009 US economic stimulus
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- Argument: Almost all government spending has some stimulus effect
- Argument: Spending provides more economic stimulus than tax cuts
- Argument: Much stimulus rightly goes toward long-term societal needs
- Argument: Stimulus is better than consequences of no stimulus
- Argument: Economic stimulus by government intervention always fails
- Argument: Allowing recession will enable stronger economic recovery
- Argument: Stimulus spending violates principles of supply-side economics
- Argument: Stimulus increases debt, inflation, interest rates, harms economy
- Argument: Tax cuts provide better economic stimulus than spending
- Argument: Borrowing to fight recession is wise; pay debt after recovery
- Argument: 2009 US stimulus risks being too small not too large
- Argument: Longer-term spending is not "waste"; helps sustain stimulus
- Argument: 2009 US stimulus has too much pork and wasteful spending
- Argument: Stimulus will succeed with good management and supplemental action
- Argument: Buy American provision will cause protectionism and further harm
- Argument: Stimulus is from taxes or debt; injects no new money
- Argument: Stimulus lacks important tax cuts for wealthy/businesses
- Argument: US stimulus spends too much on roads and bridges
- Argument: 2009 US stimulus lacks short-term spending for immediate stimulus
- Argument: Americans voted for progressive thinking of 2009 US stimulus
- Argument: New Deal did little-to-nothing to end the Depression
- Argument: Bipartisanship undermines effectiveness of 2009 US stimulus
- Argument: US stimulus charts path to better government programs
- Argument: Fear-mongering on consequences of no US stimulus is wrong
- Argument: Stimulus wisely creates jobs to help fix/update roads
- Argument: US stimulus must be passed immediately to avoid greater crisis
- Argument: 2009 US stimulus will create or save millions of jobs
- Argument: Majority of economists believe government can stimulate economy
- Argument: Govt spending stimulates consumer spending, business growth
- Debate: The state should never support failing businesses
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- Argument: 2009 US stimulus won't generate consumer confidence
- Argument: Stimulus inadequate to impact massive US economy
- Argument: Stimulus funding for unemployed ensures immediate spending
- Argument: Only about 10% of US stimulus goes to govt projects
- Argument: Stimulus will be used to grow govt bureaucracy
- Argument: Funding government projects will stimulate jobs/economy
- Argument: Only a small fraction of the stimulus is "pork"
- Argument: Stimulus may not work; unacceptable gamble with $1 trillion
- Argument: 2009 US stimulus can be paid for by more progressive taxes
- Argument: American public is ambivalent about 2009 US stimulus plan
- Argument: Spending got US into crisis, won't get it out
- Argument: 2009 US stimulus accommodates Republican tax-cutting views
- Argument: A majority of Americans supported Obama's stimulus
