ourfuture.org - 12/18/2008
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Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. ALERT: The Conservative Attack Strategy On Economic Recovery Marc Ambinder: "A trillion dollars worth of government spending over the course of a few years is a ripe target for ...
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Progressive Breakfast: Lines Drawn In Health Care Fight
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
... As Ambinder warned earlier: "Watch for Republicans to settle on a handful of objectionable items and create the impression that the entire enterprise is suspect." ...
Progressive Breakfast: Lines Drawn In Health Care Fight
The Hollywood Liberal —
... myriad projects cast as vehicles to create jobs and boost the economy. Those include a dog park in Hercules, Calif.; a bike path in San Diego; and a $1.5-million push to curb prostitution in Dayton, Ohio. ‘My fear is it will be a tool for all kinds of pet spending projects, for wasteful pork barrel projects and redistribution of wealth,’ said Pat Toomey, president of Club for Growth, which promotes fiscal conservatism. Toomey said the group may run ads opposing the stimulus package.” As Ambinder warned earlier: “Watch for Republicans to settle on a handful of objectionable ...
Bill Scher: CNN Levies Right-Wing Hit on Infrastructure Projects
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
As noted in yesterday's edition of OurFuture.org's Progressive Breakfast, Marc Ambinder recently laid out the conservative strategy to attack any economic recovery program:
A trillion dollars worth of government spending over the course of a few years is a ripe target for conservatives. Think back to the (Bill-Clinton/Joe Biden!) crime bill of 1994, when Republicans rallied their base against the legislation by ridiculing a tiny part of it -- proposals to expand midnight basketball leagues as a way of keeping kids off the streets and out of gangs. ...
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