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Why We Need Even More Stimulus
The administration's biggest economic mistake so far was to badly underestimate last January how bad the employment situation would become by Fall. As a result, it low-balled the stimulus -- settling for a plan that, while avoiding even worse job losses, didn't go nearly far enough.  ...
STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus jobs overstated in report      (AP)
STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus jobs overstated in report (AP)
news.yahoo.com — AP - The White House is promising that new figures being released Friday will be a more... accurate showing of progress in President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan. It aggressively defended an earlier, faulty count that overstated by thousands ... (more) STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus jobs overstated in report (AP)
More Stimulus Equals More Unemployment
realclearmarkets.com — "Stimulus" is in the process of turning a nasty recession into a genuine depression. The evidence is... in the "Employment Situation" report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on November 6th. The "headline" unemployment rate shot up to ... (more) More Stimulus Equals More Unemployment
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Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos — ... results so far, it argues, can’t be judged this early on. Fair enough. But a year from now the public will register its verdict in any event. Meanwhile, both parties have their own delusions, not the least of which is the Republicans’ conviction that Tuesday was a referendum on what Obama has done so far. If anything, it was a judgment on just how much he has not. Nicholas Kristof: On BPA in food and the need to be cautious. Robert Reich: Why We Need Even More Stimulus Kathleen Parker: Passion in the ...

Tackling Unemployment is Job 1
RealClearPolitics - Homepage — ... November 7, 2009 Why We Need Even More Stimulus Robert Reich, Huffington Post The administration's biggest economic mistake so far was to badly underestimate last January how bad the employment situation would become by Fall. As a result, it low-balled the stimulus -- settling for a plan that, while... ...

Administration Faces Credibility Gap on Jobs
RealClearPolitics - Homepage — ... November 7, 2009 Why We Need Even More Stimulus Robert Reich, Huffington Post The administration's biggest economic mistake so far was to badly underestimate last January how bad the employment situation would become by Fall. As a result, it low-balled the stimulus -- settling for a plan that, while... ...

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A Stimulus by another nameAMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
Harry Reid did something good today when he said the Senate would be taking up a "Jobs Bill" in the very near future. Let's be clear about this - this is a stimulus bill, so long as they don't try to make it revenue neutral, but it is targeted in a way the original stimulus bill could have been ...