yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 3/8/2009
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At the time it was proposed, many liberals thought the stimulus plan was too small. Or to be more precise, I think what we thought was that it was imprudently small. A fiscal expansion that turned out to be “too big” would waste some money and require the Fed to counteract the error ...
mediamatters.org - 3/7/2009
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mediamatters.org —
Despite warnings from many economists that stimulus may
be too small, network news rarely raised the issue...
Summary: A Media Matters review of the ABC, CBS, and NBC evening news programs from January 25 through February 15 found that of the 59 ...
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Despite warnings from many economists that stimulus may ...
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 3/6/2009
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gatewaypundit.blogspot.com —
Talk about a crisis... 14% of small businesses
fear they are going to close their doors in...
the next 12 months because of the Democratic policies. It could be even higher than that. The 2.3 trillion dollars Democrat spent to stimulate the economy not ...
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Dem's War on Small Business May Cause 14% to Fail In ...
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Yes, We Do Need a Bigger Fiscal Stimulus
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles —
... Matthew Yglesias: The Too-Small Stimulus: At the time it was proposed, many liberals thought the stimulus plan was too small. Or to be more precise, I think what we thought was that it was imprudently small. A fiscal expansion that turned out to be “too big” would waste some money and require the Fed to counteract the error with higher interest rates. Not great, but not so terrible either. By contrast, a too-small stimulus while we’re already up against the zero-bound on interest rates could cause significant problems if the underlying economic situation turns ...
Obama Considering Stimulus II
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... - has attacked Obama up and down for adopting a plan that didn’t spend enough. Matt Yglesias is harping on this point, ...
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online.wsj.com 3/10/2009 — The Obama administration is looking to steer new assistance to the nation's small business community, Treasury Secretary Geithner told members of Congress.
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