11.   Rate cuts can stimulate the economy because they make it less expensive for individuals and companies to borrow money.

12.   Republicans are also arguing that tax cuts will stimulate the economy and that growth will return the era of surpluses.

13.   Rate cuts stimulates the economy by making it cheaper to borrow money and bank deposits less attractive, thus shifting money into the stock market.

14.   Sponsors say the cut would stimulate economic growth, but economists are skeptical.

15.   Tax cuts would stimulate an economy that may already be overheating.

16.   Tax cuts can stimulate growth by encouraging people to make purchases or investments they otherwise would not have, but they can also reduce government employment .

17.   The retired president of a small chemical distributorship, Cates said tax cuts stimulate business.

18.   The second area of confusion is how tax cuts actually stimulate the economy.

19.   They continued to push Wednesday for a cut in the capital gains tax, arguing that in the past such cuts had stimulated economic growth.

20.   With a lag, rate cuts stimulate demand for new capital and consumer durables.