Bush Stimulus Package Analysis

By Lynn Neary

Published January 7, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Lynn Neary talks with Wendell Primus, Director of Income Security at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, about the president's proposal for $3,000 un-employment accounts.

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Lynn Neary is an NPR arts correspondent covering books and publishing.

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