https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/11/15/cbo-director-admits-stimulus-will-shrink-economy/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 02:40:36 -0400<![CDATA[We could have done a lot of good things with the $830 billion that was flushed down the toilet through the 2009 stimulus.  That money could have been used to permanently transform our entitlement programs to free-market personal ownership accounts.  It could have been used for massive pro-growth tax cuts.  Instead, it was used to grow perennial dependency and for special interest handouts.  But all of the supercilious smart economists say that it helps stimulate the economy, right?  After all, it is called stimulus.]]>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:24:35 -0500<![CDATA[Daniel Horowitz]]>https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/11/15/cbo-director-admits-stimulus-will-shrink-economy-n41181