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The Summers Factor
Matthew Yglesias —
... to what Larry Summers was saying about fiscal stimulus before the election. Congressman Peter DeFazio, by contrast, says Summers is the problem: ...
Bipartisanship, Nonexistent CBO Reports, and Misattributed Quotes
Comments from Left Field —
... I guess it isn’t enough for Rubin that tax cuts are 33% of the stimulus package. I guess she forgot to mention that the Congressional Budget Office does not actually “tell us” what she says it tells us, because (a) That direct quote is from a Washington Post article about the CBO report, and (b) the CBO report ...
There's Something Happening Here...
Open Left - Front Page —
... Rep. Peter DeFazio took to MSNBC to hammer - in very specific terms - the free market fundamentalists in the Obama administration he says are harming the new president. Discussing the economic recovery package, DeFazio told Rachel Maddow: ...
New York Times Pushes Lies About FDR; House GOP Pushes Lies About Tax Cuts
Open Left - Front Page —
... It's really not unbelievable that though economic data prove infrastructure spending creates more jobs than tax cuts, that House Republicans are on the floor right now arguing that their tax cuts will create more jobs than Democrats' spending programs. It's not unbelievable because House Republicans have long been legislative terrorists who have no problem trying to sabotage the nation's economy with discredited lies. ...
Torture Lover John Yoo Excoriates Obama For Banning Torture
The Hollywood Liberal —
... about the stimulus plan expressed by progressives — such as Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), who felt like the spending provisions did not go far enough — they still voted for the bill because the benefits outweighed the drawbacks. The ...
The Larry Summers Fan Club is Losing Members Fast
TPM Election Central —
... Hmmm, could these unnamed infrastructure foes have a name that rhymes with Marry Plummers? DeFazio was less shy about his discomfort with the centrist brand of economics ...
A Team of Zombies, and Zombies Defending Zombies
Open Left - Front Page —
... I agree with Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) who has said he thinks Obama is being ill-served by this team - and I think he's being ill-served precisely because he hasn't put together a real team of rivals. He's put together a team of ideological zombies - members of Permanent Washington whose careers somehow cannot be killed as they mindlessly lunge forward with the same kinds of policies and political theologies that the country resoundingly rejected during the election. ...
David Sirota: A Team of Zombies, and Zombies Defending Zombies
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... I agree with Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) who has said he thinks Obama is being ill-served by this team - and I think he's being ill-served precisely because he hasn't put together a real team of rivals. He's put together a team of ideological zombies - members of Permanent Washington whose careers somehow cannot be killed as they mindlessly lunge forward with the same kinds of policies and political theologies that the country resoundingly rejected during the election. ...
Hating Infrastructure
Eschaton —
Assuming Defazio's earlier characterization of Larry Summers hating infrastructure is correct, then we have a problem. Even if we accept that exciting new but not yet sufficiently planned for projects didn't belong in the stimulus bill, infrastructure is, you know, necessary, and every municipality in the country has on the shelf projects that could be started pretty quickly. These projects tend not to be sexy - water and sewer lines, station restoration - but they're necessary and often overdue. There was money for such things in the stimulus, but it's a shame that there ...
