claim: the tax-cut deal "adds more than $800 billion to the deficit over two years -- more than the cost of tarp and more than the cost of the recovery act" and about the same as health care reform.
author: bobby scott
evidence_1: oct 3, 2018 ... the obama administration did better than planned. by the end ... another was  spent on $34 billion in health services and $21 billion on education. ... as of fiscal  year 2014, arra had added $827 billion to the deficit. ... businesses who held  their stock for more than five years received a capital gains tax cut.
evidence_2: the american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009 (arra) (pub.l. 111–5),  nicknamed the .... additional debt costs would add about $350 billion or more  over 10 years. many provisions were set to expire in two years. ... senate bill and  the house bill were: more funds for health care in the senate ($153.3 vs $140  billion), ...
evidence_3: president barack obama's policies "have resulted in gas prices being reduced  from $3.07 per gallon when he was sworn in in ... the tax-cut deal "adds more  than $800 billion to the deficit over two years -- more than the cost of tarp and  more than the cost of the recovery act" and about the same as health care  reform.
evidence_4: oct 15, 2015 ... unemployment would have peaked at just under 16%, rather than the actual ....  today, the economic expansion is more than six years old — longer than most ....  cost of federal government response to the financial crisis (billions of dollars)  ... temporary payroll tax cut continuation act of 2011, 29, 29.
evidence_5: feb 28, 2011 ... the tax-cut deal "adds more than $800 billion to the deficit over two years -- more  than the cost of tarp and more than the cost of the recovery ...