Stimulus Scam; Look for Comparative Results

Byline: Richard W. Rahn, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Has the economic stimulus program helped or hurt? Administration officials keep saying the stimulus program has been beneficial, but where is the evidence?

There are several ways to see if it is working as advertised. First, what did the proponents say would happen when they were pushing the plan versus what has happened? Second, how has the United States fared compared to other nations that had smaller or no stimulus programs? Third, how have the results to date compared to what pro-stimulus, Keynesian-school economic theorists advocated versus what other theorists (principally Austrian-school) who largely opposed the stimulus plans said?

U.S. unemployment already has reached 9.8 percent, with 15.1 million Americans unemployed, and more than 7.1 million jobs have been eliminated since the beginning of the …

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Publication information: Article title: Stimulus Scam; Look for Comparative Results. Contributors: Not available. Newspaper title: The Washington Times (Washington, DC). Publication date: October 8, 2009. Page number: A17. © 2009 The Washington Times LLC. COPYRIGHT 2009 Gale Group.

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