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Obama acknowledged such concerns in his speech, urgingCongress to “put the urgent needs of our nation above our ownnarrow interests.” Zandi estimates that infrastructure spending returns $1.59for every dollar spent . In congressional testimony last year, Zandi said tax cutsdelivered the least bang for the buck, with a dollar’s worth oftemporary nonrefundable rebates worth $1.02 with a one-yearlag roberto carlos en espanol . Permanent tax cuts yielded less than 50 cents ofadditional spending reberto carlos . AID TO STATE GOVERNMENTS State budgets have taken a huge hit from falling propertyand sales tax revenues, and governors have urged Obama to help.According to Zandi’s estimates, the return on that investmentis $1.36 per dollar spent . Adam Posen, an economist with the Peterson Institute forInternational Economics, said helping states bridge budget gapswould help keep teachers and police officers on the job.(here) The more people stay in their jobs, the more they are ableto pay mortgages, auto loans and credit card bills, and themore likely they are to continue spending. For a story on Obama’s speech on the stimulus plan, pleaseclick on [ID:nN08508944].