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The nation's recovery may appear slow in coming, but consumers are more upbeat heading into 2010. The Conference Board's consumer confidence rose to 52.9 in December, up from a revised 50.6 last month. That's the second monthly rise in a row.

This is just one of the Innovative Ways to Stimulate the Economy suggested by DailyFinance contributors. See them all. One potential, additional source of stimulus for the U.S. economy would be for states to eliminate the sales tax, at least temporarily. However, given the complexity of sales tax...