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2009 Stimulus Bill Benefits - List of Positives of Law
Date
Positive Result\Benefit
Beneficiary
Rank
04/01/09
Approximately 2.7 million jobs added to US payrolls and unemployment rate kept 1½ percentage points lower due to Stimulus spending
Workers
&
Businesses
04/01/09
Deeper recession or depression averted in 2009 and beyond with the help of stimulus bill provisions
02/17/09
2010 real GDP increased by about 3.4% due to stimulus spending
Businesses
02/17/09
Tax credit of $400 per worker ($800 per couple) for middle income workers for 2009 & 2010 totaling $116 billion
Middle Class
&
Workers
02/17/09
$82.2 billion in aid for low income workers, unemployed and retirees (including job training)
Poor
&
Unemployed
02/17/09
$70 billion in tax relief for middle class workers by patching the Alternative Minimum Tax for one year
Middle Class
02/17/09
$155 billion in health care assistance for the poor & unemployed primarily for Medicaid, health information technology and insurance premium subsidies
Poor
&
Unemployed
02/17/09
$100 billion in education aid to prevent lay-offs, modernize schools, award Pell grants and help low income children & special education programs
Middle Class
&
Poor
02/17/09
$48.1 billion in investments for highway, bridge, high-speed rail & other transportation projects
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