claim: "only about 6.8 percent of the (stimulus) money has actually been spent."
author: jon kyl
evidence_1: jun 24, 2015 ... a new report claims funding for k-12 education has been disproportionately placed on the chopping block by congress. (istockphoto). over the last five years, congress has cut federal funding for k-12 education by nearly 20 percent, about five times more than overall spending cuts, according to a new ...
evidence_2: jan 30, 2014 ... even though the stimulus enacted by president barack obama in 2009 has been phased out for a few years now, it remains a talking point for some republican critics. during his ... first, not all the stimulus money went to paying government employees -- only a modest (though uncertain) fraction did.
evidence_3: sep 10, 2010 ... with obama pressing forward another major round of stimulus, the real question is how much the president and his political posse have spent already, and which initiatives the allocated money actually funded. from the beginning of our president's well-publicized first hundred days to the beginning of his ...
evidence_4: feb 9, 2016 ... much funding has gone to villages in the government's efforts to salvage the economy in rural areas struggling from low farm prices and the drought. patipat janthong. - +. only about 7% of economic stimulus spending to get economy moving again has been spent. bank loans most efficient. money not ...
evidence_5: dec 18, 2010 ... from 2003 through today, thanks to the bush tax cuts, the rich have been taxed at 35 percent, and unemployment is now approaching 10 percent. ... reducing taxes for the upper-income bracket puts more money in the pocket of the wealthy few, who are most likely to spend that money paying down debt or ...