Tag: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Traffic gridlock costs Colorado drivers $1.3 billion annually
Use education stimulus for school buildings, not plugging budget holes
Coffman spokesman responds on rationale for voting against stimulus
"Regardless of how the Congressional Budget Office estimates have been changed or suppressed over the past few days, it does not alleviate the problems of the spending package. The fact is Congressional Democrats and President Obama have increased spending by $604 billion over the next 10 years with very little of it being spent this fiscal year. It is hard to fathom how appropriating spending packages for 2019 will help our economic crisis of today.”