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chicagotribune.com - 2/3/2009

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WASHINGTON — If the Obama administration's economic stimulus package is passed and signed into law, the first way most working people in Illinois would feel it would be a small increase in their take-home pay, through a tax cut of about $10 per week in most cases. For the more than 820,000 ...

gallup.com - 2/3/2009

Americans Support Stimulus, but Many Want Major Changes

— gallup.com — PRINCETON, NJ -- A strong majority of Americans (75%) want Congress to pass some version of President... Obama's economic stimulus plan, but this group is split down the middle on whether it should be passed as is or with major changes. fza Naturally, ... (more) Americans Support Stimulus, but Many Want Major Changes

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countryfirstpac.com - 2/3/2009

Vote No on the Economic Stimulus

— countryfirstpac.com — The Senate recently began debate on an economic stimulus package that is intended to get our economy... get back on track and help Americans who are suffering through these difficult times. Unfortunately, the proposal on the table is big on the ... (more) Vote No on the Economic Stimulus

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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 2/2/2009

Protectionism and stimulus (wonkish)

— krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — Should we be upset about the buy-American provisions in the stimulus bill? Is there an economic case... for such provisions? The answer is yes and yes. And I do think it's important to be honest about the second yes. The economic case against ... (more) Protectionism and stimulus (wonkish)

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Chi.Trib: Labeling One Group 'Conservative' But Not IDing the Liberal One
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... We have here a classic case of liberal bias in the Old Media. It isn't as dramatic as may others that we have seen since The One came onto the national scene, but it is the sort of bias that has been endemic in the Old Media for a very long time. In a February 1 story in the Chicago Tribune, we find the old trick of naming a think tank as a source, but not mentioning that it is a liberal think tank, yet also citing a second group that is, however, labeled as a "conservative" think tank. ...

Chi.Trib: Labeling One Group ‘Conservative’ But Not IDing the Liberal One
Stop The ACLU — -By Warner Todd Huston [image] We have here a classic case of liberal bias in the Old Media. It isn’t as dramatic as may others that we have seen since The One came onto the national scene, but it is the sort of bias that has been endemic in the Old Media for a very long time. In a February 1 story in the Chicago Tribune, we find the old trick of naming a think tank as a source, but not mentioning that it is a liberal think tank, yet also citing a second group that is, however, labeled as a “conservative” think tank. This sort of bias is very common in the Old Media. How it ...