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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction

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From: Peter Dierks9/8/2010 11:10:40 AM
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Piecemeal Measures and a Fake Tax Cut
Can You Smell What Obama's Cooking?
By David Harsanyi
September 8, 2010

You may recall Barack Obama claiming that the original stimulus plan didn't need any more tax cuts or "piecemeal" measures. To suggest so was to engage in "politics as usual." And trust me; you don't want to be caught going there.

And today? You know what, America? You look as if you're ready for some piecemeal measures and a fake tax cut!

No doubt it came as a shock to many of you that weatherizing windows couldn't get a $14 trillion economy cooking again. But if an $800 billion infusion of government and union bailouts failed to spur any decent economic growth, then how is a new "piecemeal" $50 billion stimulus going to work out?

Media reports tell me this is more complex. The president has devised an exhilarating new plan that will not only "jump-start" job creation but also fund and rebuild the "crumbling" infrastructure of the United States in brand-new ways.

Have you noticed that the infrastructure always is "crumbling" in news stories and presidential speeches -- if less regularly in the real world. To many Democrats, "crumbling" means ...

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