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component of recovery act. reporter: cash-strapped states receive $150 billion in stimulus cash, cushioning cut-backs and tax increases. still, states cut services or increase taxes by $185 billion in the past two years. those moves would have been even more harsh, the white house says, without the stimulus. tens of thousands of teacher just in new york city who were about to be fired and did not have to be fired because of the recovery act. that is an element of rescue. still, the white house says looking back there should have been more infrastructure spending and it should have been spent faster. there is also a marketing problem, the white house says. many americans they believe confuse the wall street bail-out with a stimulus. perhaps robert gibbs said today the stimulus should have been called the non-tarp act. bret? bret: major garrett live on the north lawn. thank you. housing construction was up 2.8% in january. highest activity level in six months. industrial producti

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