Obama’s Men Lower Expectations, Defend Economic Package

“Senior advisers to President Obama on Sunday defended passage of the stimulus bill in Congress as a bipartisan effort despite the fact that it received only three Republican votes in the Senate and none in the House. Speaking on the morning news talk shows, press secretary Robert Gibbs and senior adviser David Axelrod insisted that the massive spending and tax cut bill reflected ideas from both political parties.” (Washington Post, Sunday)



It was a lousy idea, regardless whose it was.



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“An Unstimulating Idea” by Sheldon Richman