corner.nationalreview.com - 2/17/2009
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The problem with Jonah's argument is that congressional Republicans were never really willing to concede the principle that stimulus was needed. Their tax plan was just a rehash of old hash that was never plausibly linked to the particular economic problems we have today. I disagree about ...
reason.com - 2/11/2009
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reason.com —
Yesterday, the United States Senate passed a sweeping
$800 billion stimulus plan that President Barack Obama says...
he would like to sign into law as soon as possible. There is no disagreement, Obama has declared, that we need action by our government, ...
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The Reason.com Stimulus Symposium: Leading economists ...
delong.typepad.com - 2/17/2009
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delong.typepad.com —
Bruce Bartlett criticizes the internet's second-worst Goldberg: Stimulus
in the House - Bruce Bartlett - The Corner...
on National Review Online : The problem with Jonah’s argument is that congressional Republicans were never really willing ...
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Stimulus in the House
businesspundit.com - 2/12/2009
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businesspundit.com —
StimulusWatch is a new wiki that uses online
feedback to hold the government accountable for its elephantine...
stimulus package. From the website : StimulusWatch.org was built to help the new administration keep its pledge to invest stimulus money smartly, and to hold public officials to ...
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Stimulus Watch: Web Watchdog for the Stimulus Package
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Recap: The Stimulus Bill and the Macro Impact
Econbrowser —
... it would have been focused on the reality of the situation, rather than just being a pointless political exercise. I believe that reinstitution of the Investment Tax Credit would have been the best Republican alternative. I made the argument here, but got no takers. ... In the end, Republicans preferred to reject the principle of stimulus, thus taking themselves out of the game. I think that was a mistake, both politically and substantively.
Source: Bruce Bartlett at NRO. (h/t Brad Delong)
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"The Stimulus Bill and the Macro Impact"
Economist's View —
... it
would have been focused on the reality of the situation, rather than just being
a pointless political exercise. I believe that reinstitution of the Investment
Tax Credit would have been the best Republican alternative. I made the argument
here, but got no takers. ...
In the end, Republicans preferred to reject the principle of stimulus, thus
taking themselves out of the game. I think that was a mistake, both politically
and substantively.
Source:
Bruce Bartlett at NRO.
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