csmonitor.com - 2/9/2009
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Stimulus is unconstitutional. And history shows that the economy can recover strongly on its own, if politicians stay out of the way.
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 2/9/2009
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com —
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A new national poll suggests
that three out of four Americans approve of the...
job Barack Obama's doing as President — but the economic stimulus package he's trying to push through Congress is not nearly as popular. ...
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Obama's approval is high — but the stimulus isn't as popular
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Dissecting Leftism —
... Instead of stimulus, do nothing ... seriously! "As we wait to see how the politicians in Washington will alter the stimulus package the Obama administration is pushing, many questions are being raised about the measure's contents and efficacy. Should it include money for the National Endowment for the Arts, Amtrak, and child care? Is it big enough to get the economy moving again? Does it spend money fast enough? Hardly anyone, however, is asking the most important question: Should the federal government be doing any of this? In raising this question, one risks immediate ...
"Should the federal government be doing any of this?"
Hit & Run —
... the downturn, though sharp, quickly reversed itself into full recovery. In contrast, Hoover responded to the downturn of 1929 by raising tariffs, propping up wage rates, bailing out farmers, banks, and other businesses, and financing state relief efforts. Roosevelt moved even more vigorously in the same activist direction, and the outcome was a protracted period of depression (and wartime privation) from which complete recovery did not come until 1946. Read the rest here.
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One of these things is not like the other
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
Shorter WaPo: Contrary to the presidents assertion, lots of his opponents want to do something about the economy. Ergo, Barack Obama's rhetorical strategy for pushing the stimulus is so totally like the rhetorical strategy used by George W. Bush to push for ideas like the war in Iraq!!111ONE!!1EXCLAMATION POINT11!!Jeebus. There are of course, folks out there who would literally do "nothing" in the face of economageddon. But the fact that single-note tax-cut zealots -- which at last count would include 35 of the 41 ...
Rosen 0, Longo 0
Peoples Press Collective —
... Longo is correct that Rosen’s position violates free-market principles. Moreover, Rosen is simply wrong: “doing nothing” would have been far better than forcibly transferring wealth from the productive economy to political boondoggles. Robert Higgs makes this case. ...
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