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thenextright.com - 12/29/2008
The Stimulus Opportunity
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The upcoming fight over the largest, fastest expansion of the national debt in American history (a/k/a the "economic stimulus") will be unusually compelling and provocative. First, it will provide an opportunity to reclaim the long lost mantle of fiscal conservatism. Second, it could ...

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Bill Scher: Do We Understand How Big The Economic Recovery Plan Is?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — We are on the verge of nothing less than a transformation in the role of our federal government, from one of conservative neglect to one of progressive action. Conservatives, deeply fearful of being buried on the wrong side of history, are gearing up to obstruct progress wherever possible. Yet it seems to me that the liberal progressive grassroots are not similarly geared up to deflect conservative attacks and maximize chances of success. Earlier this month, the Institute for America's Future proposed a Main Street Recovery Program of $900 billion in "substantial, strategic, and sustained" investment over two years in ...

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