"And there was a first stimulus package.
Perry says the first stimulus bill created zero jobs.
During the rest of the year, as the first stimulus funds were distributed, the economy rebounded.
In other words, Barack Obama's first stimulus plan is not likely to be his last.
The Fed's first stimulus program, back in 2009, also focused largely on purchases of mortgage-backed bonds.
Like our colleague Ross Douthat, I wish this had been the first stimulus package, although maybe double in size.
This friend details all the ways that Martin Feldstein's column calling the first stimulus a flop is wrong.
As budget director, Mr Orzsag helped shape the first stimulus package and, more visibly, the health-care reform legislation.
The first stimulus package, passed early this year, was a failure because people spent only 10percentto20percentcent of the rebate dollars and saved the rest.
Ms. Pelosi is proposing a package that would include an extension of unemployment benefits, a provision that the White House opposed in negotiations over the first stimulus package.
After this screen, the first stimulus was presented in a random order.
