assignment

Topic: The Recovery Act 2009

The Obama administration’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recovery_Act (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (is an Act which proceeded the Bush administration’s Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 which created the Troubled Assets Relief Program). The approximate cost of the Recovery Act was estimated to be $787 billion at the time of passage. The expenditure has now been revised to $831 billion between 2009 and 2019.
The Acts budget covers a variety of issues for stimulating the economy but also supports issues that would normally be defined as social policy. The Act covers issues such as education, energy/environment, family, health, housing, infrastructure, job training/unemployment, federal tax incentives, public safety, R&D/ science, transportation, and other programs.
1a) Do you agree with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act?  Why or why not?
1b) Which issue(s) that the Act covers you would like to keep or discontinue?  Explain why.pic: Domestic Policy Choice
 

Topic: Domestic Policy Choice

2a) Identify an area of domestic policy (economic or social) that, in your view, the federal government should be MORE concerned about; and discuss what actions should the federal government take to address current or evolving problems in this policy area?