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stimulus

so i am reading up on the news and trying to figure out this stimulus plan and how it can help the country. in doing so i have come across a ton of negative views online. people talking nonsense like “i don’t get food stamps or work in construction, so it’s not going to help me”. republicans want to blame obama just a week into his administration for the country tanking, but fail to recognize that it was their parties bad policies that put us into this downward spiral in the first place. they do not seem to understand that even if you are not in any given industry that will see money, as a whole, we all benefit when the majority of the country is gainfully employed. industry is a collection of services, and most companies out their offer a specific service that compliments another. funding projects like road repair and infrastructure work is good news for a lot of people. construction jobs and new roads mean crews can get to work, engineers work, architects work, concrete crews work, o...