firedoglake.com - 1/24/2009
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This is how it's done. Speaking of Obama's economic plan, Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio talks about the real obstacles, economists who got it wrong in the first place and are still wrong:
I think he's ill-advised by Larry Summers. Larry Summers hates infrastructure.
And some of these ...
thinkprogress.org - 1/24/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
Earlier this week, Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN) revealed
that funding for mass transit infrastructure projects were nixed
from the stimulus proposal in order to make room for tax cuts. Despite the fact that tax cuts comprise a bulky 33 percent of the ...
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Rep. DeFazio: ‘I Think Obama Is Ill-Advised By Larry ...
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Is Larry Summers an Infrastructure Spending Skeptic?
Angry Bear —
by Tom Bozzo whose Facebook status currently reads, "Tom is feeling an unaccustomed sense of not-shame, at least pending some action on the economics, energy/environment, and transportation fronts." Meanwhile, over at FDL, they find Rep. Peter DeFazio saying: I think [Obama]'s ill-advised by Larry Summers.[*] Larry Summers hates infrastructure. And some of these other economists -- they were very much part of creating the problem, now they're going to solve the problem? And they don't like infrastructure. So they want to have a consumer ...
House Republicans Stiff Obama
Taylor Marsh —
... healthcare. Democrats need to simply turn the table.
Banks get billions, but allowing Medicaid to help poor women automatically with
family planning challenges isn’t important? Preventing abortions isn’t important? Let them answer that question on
TV for awhile.
Or perhaps House Republicans should be made to explain why infrastructure isn’t important to these people: More than a million wait in icy darkness across US. Actually, maybe we should start with Larry Summers.
Seriously, what are we doing? ...
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