washingtonmonthly.com - 2/17/2009
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THE STIMULUS LAW.... This obviously wasn't a surprise, but it at least marks a shift in the debate. Instead of asking whether the economy recovery package should be law, the political world can now debate efficacy of the law itself....
msnbc.msn.com - 2/18/2009
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President Barack Obama is ready to sign into
law the most sweeping economic package in decades, a...
rescue plan meant to reinvigorate job creation, consumer spending and public optimism.
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Obama poised to sign stimulus into law
news.yahoo.com - 2/17/2009
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AP - President Barack Obama is ready to
sign into law the most sweeping economic package in...
decades, a rescue plan meant to reinvigorate job creation, consumer spending and public optimism. Add the bill to an ever-growing deficit.
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Obama poised to sign stimulus into law
(AP)
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I kindly ask you, lady in red, to please not stand so close to me, for I have been blinded by the light.
Obsidian Wings —
... (Or, A Stimulus For Tomorrow, Part 7)
by von
Steve Benen notes that the passage of the stimulus package changes the argument. Now, it's not whether the stimulus should pass (or in what form). It's whether the stimulus is working.
I have some predictions in that regard: It won't work nearly as well as anyone would like, if it works at all. (1, 2, Hilzoy's response, 3, 4, 5, 6.) And it seems that others may have that fear. Benen continues:
The ...
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