Chapter 13. What Was in the Recovery Act?

EIA Activity: What Was in the Recovery Act?

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EIA Activity: What Was in the Recovery Act?

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  1. Question

    Use Link 1 to answer the following questions. True or False: The Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 included $119 billion in tax cuts.

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    		B.

  2. Question

    According to the White House Annual Report, which of the following states received the most money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009?

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  3. Question

    True or False: The stimulus program included $54.3 billion in aid to state Medicaid programs.

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    		B.

  4. Question

    True or False: The stimulus program offered aid to state unemployment insurance programs.

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    		B.

  5. Question

    True or False: States that accepted the aid for state unemployment insurance programs did not have to make permanent changes to expand unemployment insurance benefits.

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    		B.

  6. Question

    Assume you had been unemployed for at least six months or longer, and the U.S. economy is in recession. If you received a stimulus check in the mail from the federal government in the amount of $800, would you go out and spend the money on goods and services, or would you save the money, or perhaps use it to pay off debt? Discuss in detail how you would use the stimulus money.
    Your response will be graded by your instructor.
    Assume you had been unemployed for at least six months or longer, and the U.S. economy is in recession. If you received a stimulus check in the mail from the federal government in the amount of $800, would you go out and spend the money on goods and services, or would you save the money, or perhaps use it to pay off debt? Discuss in detail how you would use the stimulus money.

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