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economistmom.com - 1/27/2009
Bruce Bartlett Worries About Not-So-Stimulating Stimulus, Too
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In today’s Forbes, Bruce Bartlett seems to worry, as I do , that a lot of this so-called “stimulus” won’t really stimulate the economy anytime soon–and if that’s the case, that the choice to deficit finance that spending isn’t such a good idea (emphasis ...

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Angry Bear:  Op-Ed: Misplaced Handwringing on the Stimulus

economistmom.com - 1/27/2009
When Stimulus Is Not Very Stimulating
— economistmom.com — I’m a bit concerned that despite the new President’s assurances, we could be headed for a not -so-smart economic “recovery” package. From today’s Wall Street Journal (story by Greg Hitt and Naftali Bendavid), emphasis ... (more) When Stimulus Is Not Very Stimulating

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  • The Intellectual Redneck The Intellectual Redneck
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    We all know the help Acorn gave the Democrats in <strike>stealing</strike> winning the last election. What was in it for them? Is 4 billion dollars enough?
    <a href="http://bloggingredneck.blogspot.com/2009/01/democrats-attempt-to-pay-off-acorn.html">Democrats attempt to pay off Acorn</a>
    Posted 1/28/2009 respond (flag)
  • The Intellectual Redneck The Intellectual Redneck
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    You can dig all you want, but there is no pony hiding under the Democrat's stimulus manure pile. <a href="http://bloggingredneck.blogspot.com/">There is no pony hiding in the stimulus "pile of manure"</a>
    Posted 1/28/2009 respond (flag)
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Op-Ed: Misplaced Handwringing on the Stimulus
Angry Bear — Tom Bozzo has observed EconomistMom Diane Lim Rogers run multiple items pertaining to claims that it's inappropriate to use deficit spending for longer-run public investments, and opines that such claims do not make a hell of a lot of sense. As Rogers is following basically Republican sources (the Washington Post op-ed page, Bruce Bartlett, the Wall Street Journal), at least the strong implication is that deficit-financing households' consumption — or at least transferring debts from the private to the public sector — is OK (for that's what individual tax cuts are; do read Bob Herbert for the latest installment of the 'Party of Ideas' ...

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