Yes. The economy began growing in mid-2009...before any significant amount of the stimulus was spent. ...and then the recovery was strangled.
A recovery began about April 2009 but the Democrats disrupted the natural cycle with an agenda that included the Stimulus, Cap-and-Trade, ObamaCare and Dodd-Frank. Corporations, small businesses and investors decided to sit on their capital or invest offshore, a condition that has prevailed since 2009. The White House is trapped in an ideological box making it unwilling to launch any traditional remedies that have historically helped bring about recovery.