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What the Stimulus Package Would Get Us

$800 billion, $647-page tome means big gov't again

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 1, 2009 3:23 PM CST

(Newser) – President Obama’s $800 billion stimulus plan—which stood at 647 pages when it passed the House last week—signals a return to “unabashed” big government, the Los Angeles Times reports. Here’s what it means:

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