What are the costs for the stimulus bill past the first two years? Congressional Budget Office estimates the impact of permanently extending the 20 most popular provisions of the stimulus bill. The costs are truly staggering. The true 10 year cost of the stimulus bill $2.527 trillion in in spending. Heritage is wrong to include the interest costs in its discussion (it is really double counting).
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