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DeFazio Smacks Larry Summers for Being “Anti-Infrastructure”
Firedoglake —
This is how it's done. Speaking of Obama's economic plan, Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio talks about the real obstacles, economists who got it wrong in the first place and are still wrong:
I think he's ill-advised by Larry Summers. Larry Summers hates infrastructure.
And some of these ...
DeFazio: Larry Summers is "anti-infrastructure"; the President is not.
BlueOregon —
Yesterday on Rachel Maddow's show, Oregon Democratic Congressman Peter DeFazio discussed the current stimulus package's proposed spending, declaring that the infrastructure spending provisions are inadequate. There are a number of economists who've had this thing wrong, including Larry Summers.
DeFazio is on Maddow's show doing what he does best, speak up even when its going to cause some heat.
This clip is unnecessarily long so if you're looking to watch DeFazio, start at about the 3:30 mark:
More of this, please.
DeFazio To Offer Stimulus Amendment On Rail Spending
Open Left - Front Page —
One of the stories we have been tracking here on Open Left, with a lot of help from commenter and quick hitter adamterando, has been how rail spending is being shorted in the stimulus. The House version of the stimulus has only $10 billion for rail and mass transit (including only $1.1 billion for Amtrak and high speed rail), despite attempts by House transportation chair Jim Oberstar ...
