Lawmakers who will negotiate the differences for the Senate and House will have to ensure that a final bill is below the $900 billion the president set as a maximum figure.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

As the figure below shows, during 2007, views of past and future credit availability were statistically indistinguishable.

FORBES: Small Business Credit: Still Hard to Get

Green may be good but, as the figure below shows, the jobs come at a hefty cost.

FORBES: President Obama's Green Jobs Cost Taxpayers Big Bucks

As the figure below shows, non-corporate businesses generated 54 percent of net business income between 2004 and 2008.

FORBES: Taxing Non-Corporate Business Income