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In July 2010, the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) estimated that the stimulus had "saved or created between 2.5 and 3.6 million jobs as of the second quarter of 2010". [104] At that point, spending outlays under the stimulus totaled $257 billion and tax cuts totaled $223 billion. [105]
In June 2009, dissatisfied with the pace of economic stimulus, Obama called on his cabinet to accelerate the investment. [45] By late 2013, the Federal Government had disposed of (re-privatized) all of its investments in Chrysler and GM. As of late 2016, taxpayers had recovered $71 billion of the $80 billion invested in the automobile industry. [2]
The first half of the bailout money was primarily used to buy preferred stock in banks instead of troubled mortgage assets. [11] In January 2009, the Obama administration announced a stimulus plan to revive the economy with the intention to create or save more than 3.6 million jobs in two years. The cost of this initial recovery plan was ...
As the IRS explained in a March 4 announcement, the Recovery Rebate Credit is a refundable credit for individuals who did not receive one or more Economic Impact Payments, also known as stimulus ...
As many as 1 million taxpayers will receive a "special" year-end gift from the IRS as the agency deposits pandemic-era stimulus checks worth a total of $2.4 billion directly in their bank accounts.
Rumors started coming in that a $2,000 economic relief package would arrive sometime during October. Discussions on social media and some websites suggested a possible $2,000 stimulus check for...
Tax rebates as part of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001; Tax rebates as part of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008; First coronavirus stimulus (called "EIP 1" by the IRS), as part of the CARES Act, March 2020; Second coronavirus stimulus ("EIP 2"), as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Dec. 2020)
This tax holiday was intended as an economic stimulus by Obama and the Democrats, [3] with the value of boosting the disposable income of American families. [3] It would not worsen the Social Security program's financial strength, as the shortfall would be made up from general revenues. Some Republicans thus criticized the idea for increasing ...