Values Added: A Moral Budget (Jim Wallis & Richard Land)

[tom]

As the opposite of a wonk (I'm sure the favored term for that is not very flattering), I have a question about that chart:
Does the category "Recovery Measures" include automatic stabilizers like unemployment payments, or does it specifically refer to fiscal stimulus that wasn't already in place before the recession? If the latter, would unemployment payments be included in "Economic Downturn", or does that category just represent decreased revenues as a result of decreased income?