balloon-juice.com - 3/25/2009
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A few weeks ago we wrote :
Look for the “sacrifice” meme to become even stronger now that we’re in a recession (after all, everyone knows that if consumers would just stop buying stuff, the economy would be fine).
Today, Chuck Todd asks:
God, these ...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 3/25/2009
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
Apparently Chuck Todd asked President Obama why he
isn’t asking people to “sacrifice” more amidst the recession....
The standard progressive answer to this starts by observing that the hundreds of thousands of people who are ...
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washingtonmonthly.com - 3/25/2009
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washingtonmonthly.com —
SACRIFICE.... The strangest question from President Obama's press
conference last night came by way of NBC News'...
Chuck Todd. Twelve hours later, I'm still not sure what he was thinking. "Some have compared this financial crisis to a war, and...
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The Hoi Ploy
The Poor Man Institute —
... Because we’re in a recession, it would be irresponsible - naive even - for Obama to refrain from exacting a pound of flesh from average Americans. How long can he continue to deny reality? After all, in down economic times, we “all” have to make sacrifices. Like, say, slashing social security, medicare and unemployment benefits. Or raising taxes on the middle class, lowering minimum wage and laying off police officers, firefighters and teachers. That’s just off the top of my head. It’s the responsible thing to do. ...
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