corner.nationalreview.com - 1/30/2009
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Ron Brownstein writes (I think it's a temporary link):
To call the economic legislation now moving through Congress a stimulus bill obscures its full implications. The measure represents the most ambitious effort in decades to swell public spending on domestic priorities such as education, ...
online.wsj.com - 1/29/2009
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online.wsj.com —
RUSH LIMBAUGH There's a serious debate in this
country as to how best to end the recession....
The average recession will last five to 11 months; the average recovery will last six years. Recessions will end on their own if they're left alone. What can ...
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Rush Limbaugh: My Bipartisan Stimulus
suitablyflip.com - 1/30/2009
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suitablyflip.com —
It's difficult to visualize a million dollars, much
less a million million dollars. But that's the true...
threshold cracked by the "$825" billion "stimulus" bill, when you include $347 billion in estimated interest costs associated with the incremental ...
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Stimulus, Illustrated
huffingtonpost.com - 1/31/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
There is, in fact, some significant bipartisan support
for Barack Obama's recovery package -- at least beyond...
the halls of Congress. In recent days, some of the nation's more moderate Republican governors have bucked their fellow party members in ...
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Obama Wins Stimulus Support From Republican Governors
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Deficits Don't Matter?
Ross Douthat —
... Well, sure. This is the basic liberal calculus at the moment: The stimulus bill is thick with non-stimulative spending increases because it's a chance to, well, pass spending increases that Democrats think are worthy. Which is fair enough; they did, after all, thump the GOP two election cycles in a row. But surely even the most deficit-happy liberal ought to worry a little about how all of this is going to be paid for - and by extension, whether a spending binge on existing programs today will make it harder to pass, say, an expensive overhaul of the health care system ...
The Sting, or Never Let a Good Crisis Go To Waste
Maggie's Farm —
... mean you're a tough, no-nonsense pol. It means you're a slob.
That's how the Democratic establishment in the House looks, not like people who are responding to a crisis, or even like people who are ignoring a crisis, but people who are using a crisis. Our hopeful, compelling new president shouldn't have gone with this bill. He made news this week by going to the House to meet with Republicans. He could have made history by listening to them.
Via NRO:
To call the economic legislation now moving ...
"The Sting," or "Never Let a Good Crisis Go To Waste."
Maggie's Farm —
... mean you're a tough, no-nonsense pol. It means you're a slob.
That's how the Democratic establishment in the House looks, not like people who are responding to a crisis, or even like people who are ignoring a crisis, but people who are using a crisis. Our hopeful, compelling new president shouldn't have gone with this bill. He made news this week by going to the House to meet with Republicans. He could have made history by listening to them.
Via NRO:
To call the economic legislation now moving ...
2/2: First Geithner, Now Daschle?
Blogometer —
... 's Ross Douthat : "This is the basic liberal calculus at the moment: The stimulus bill is thick with non-stimulative spending increases because it's a chance to, well, pass spending increases that Democrats think are worthy. Which is fair enough; they did, after all, thump the GOP two election cycles in a row. But surely even the most deficit-happy liberal ought to worry a little about how all of this is going to be paid for -- and by extension, whether a spending binge on existing programs today will make it harder to pass, say, an expensive overhaul of the health care ...
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chicagotribune.com 2/3/2009 — 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 ...
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rushlimbaugh.com 1/26/2009 — RUSH: I have a serious proposal to make: the Obama-Limbaugh Stimulus Plan 2009. There is a serious debate in this country as to how best to end the recession. Recessions will end on their own if they're left alone. The average recession will last five ...
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