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ANALYSIS: States Hit Hardest by Recession Get Least Stimulus Money

Sunday, July 19, 2009
By John Lott

The stimulus bill "includes help for those hardest hit by our economic crisis," President Obama promised when he signed the bill into law on Feb. 17. "As a whole, this plan will help poor and working Americans."

But FOXNews.com has analyzed data tracking how the stimulus money is being given out across the 50 states and the District of Columbia, and it has found a perverse pattern: the states hardest hit by the recession received the least money. States with higher bankruptcy, foreclosure and unemployment rates got less money. And higher income states received more.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,533841,00.html
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