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To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (628911)	9/21/2011 12:32:20 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577883

>Are you claiming the stimulus was near instantaneous? All I recall was how so little of it was spent for such a long time. Tell us where the money went to have such an instantaneous effect. Must have missed it myself. All the claims I heard said the largest effect would not occur til 2010. By fourth quarter 2009, the GDP had already turned positive. It was barely negative in the 3rd quarter 2009. Enlighten us. Within a few weeks of when the stimulus passed, lots of people knew their jobs were safe for a while, schools, firehouses, police stations, etc knew they weren't closing for the next couple of years.... that increased consumer confidence and thus spending. And it got better from there, for a while. But we've stagnated again. -Z