Tag: stimulus
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A Picture Worth 800 Billion Dollars
In case somehow you think all the talk of “an economy in free fall” is somehow just hyperbole: This graphic, printed at Swampland, makes clear: We are already in deep trouble. The current stimulus bill is, in anything, too small. Under circumstances like these, rapid and massive spending by the government is the only thing…
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Burning Down the House
Listening to the Republican leadership on how to fix the economy is like listening to the arsonist on how to put out the fire. Somehow the debate on the stimulus package has shifted to the Republicans and their criticisms. Legitimate analyses are always welcome, of course, and when grown-ups want to help make a bill…