Washington has a way of blurring the human impact of a major policy debate — such as the one going on right now over the stimulus — by using vague and dense terminology to describe certain programs. Take, for instance, this talk of “state stabilization funds” that were cut back by $40 billion this weekend in the deal cut by Senate centrists.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=146170