Obama to Call for Major Road, Rail and Runway Spending

[geetrue]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

I would question the wisdom in spending another $50 billion on top of the stimulus that was already supposed to include earmarks for infastructure. What happened to that money the first time around?

As of September 3, 2010 Stimulus spending

• $289 billion
  Spent
• $144 billion
  In process
• $69 billion
  Left to spend
• $223 billion
  Tax cuts issued
• $65 billion
  Tax cuts remaining

Updated weekly (last update: September 3, 2010) Source: Government Agencies and ProPublica Research

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by geetrue

As of September 3, 2010 Stimulus spending

• $289 billion
  Spent
• $144 billion
  In process
• $69 billion
  Left to spend
• $223 billion
  Tax cuts issued
• $65 billion
  Tax cuts remaining

Updated weekly (last update: September 3, 2010) Source: Government Agencies and ProPublica Research

As of September 3, 2010 Stimulus spending

So when people say the stimulus money has been spent and it hasn't worked they mean some of it is spent and its years too early to call it a success or failure.
When they say they don't want a stimulus package they want lower taxes do they mean they don't want the tax reductions that are financed in the package or that they want tax reductions financed from another package?