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Politics : Sioux Nation
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To: koan who wrote (164136)3/24/2009 7:45:24 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (2) of 362346
 
Krugman may be our guy, and he may have won the No Belly Prize, but this thin young man is still an economist. As such, his papers should be read as if the opening sentence is always left out..."Assume I can get any plan I want through Congress". The universe, however, has a long history of demonstrating that economists have vivid imaginations.

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Paul Krugman: Stimulus Too Small, Second Package Likely (VIDEO)

The $787 billion stimulus is not nearly enough to fill the "well over $2 trillion hole" in the economy, Krugman said.
huffingtonpost.com

Ohhhh Kaaay...he is probably right. But, OMan could barely get 750B, and had to give a bunch of tax cuts to get that. Anybody think 1.5T would have passed the Senate?
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