An $800 Billion Mistake

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Author(s)	Martin Feldstein
Source	The Washington Post
Date	January 29, 2009
URL	http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/28/AR2009012802938.html
Quote	"The plan to finance health insurance premiums for the unemployed would actually increase unemployment by giving employers an incentive to lay off workers rather than pay health premiums during a time of weak demand. And this supposedly two-year program would create a precedent that could be hard to reverse."

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This item argues against the position Act should be passed on the topic American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.