check all of the following that are true about the response to the financial crisis of 2009.
A. greater government intervention into the economy was the hallmark of the incoming Obama administration and its “stimulus” package that passed through Congress in February 2009

B. although it included temporary payroll tax cuts, most of the package’s $831 billion was focused on government spending and therefore represented a Classical approach to countering a recession

C. with unemployment rising over the previous year to 7.6 percent, Obama asserted that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was necessary because the government “was the only entity left with the resources needed to jolt our economy” back to life

D. following the enactment of the stimulus package, the unemployment rate continued to rise, not only surpassing the eight percent estimate of the administration, but staying above eight percent for 43 consecutive months until late 2012