Like everything the federal government does, the economic stimulus package is complicated. The economic stimulus package was designed to help moderate the effects of the country’s slowing economy and to ward off a possible recession. Proponents of the economic stimulus package argue that the package will encourage more spending, so this extra spending will by it’s very nature increase economic activity. The economic stimulus package is now law, so let’s take a look at its provisions and how they are likely to affect you. If the economic stimulus package is to become a means of home ownership for you, act now. read more