As the Obama administration tries everything to get us out of the current economic crisis, nothing has proven more contentious than its $787 billion stimulus package. Is it the essential jolt that will jump start a recovery, or is it an orgy of political pork spending dressed up as a rescue package? Will the specific mix of spending programs and tax cuts create jobs for the unemployed or merely shift already employed workers from the private sector to government work? In this feature, economists from both sides make their cases. Who do you think makes more sense?
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