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To: JohnM who wrote (130199)	2/5/2010 10:51:47 AM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 543140

John; Quite helpful? Or Quite hurtful? And fear-mongering on the deficit may end up doing as much harm as the fear-mongering on weapons of mass destruction. Oh good grief! That statement doesn't even deserve comment, it is frankly stupid and sick. What a moronic statement. hardly any willingness to tackle mass unemployment. Policy is headed in the wrong direction — and millions of Americans will pay the price. Good grief! Where has Krugman been? Has he listened to a word Obama has said in the last few weeks? The ENTIRE problem with new job proposals now is that we have already sunk so much into stimulus plans that people on both sides are rightly getting worried about debt levels. Instead of seeing how far into the abyss of debt he can drive policy, why doesn't Krugman instead just once to suggest where some of the money might come from? John, I am all in favor of a great jobs program and have said many times we need to sink huge sums into infrastructure that makes America stronger. But to charge this on our kids is just stupid and wrong. Better we stop spending money in Iraq and Afghanistan, bring our kids home from this hopelessness, stop the subsidies to corporate America whether they are farm subsidies or Blackwater subsidies and put taxes on bankers million dollar salaries and use this money to put Americans to work making AMERICA better. That I don't want to live an unaffordable lifestyle and charge my kids for that lifestyle is not in any way similar to hysteria about WMD - and shame on Krugman for suggesting it is

To: JohnM who wrote (130199)	2/5/2010 11:01:11 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543140

<<<To me — and I’m not alone in this — the sudden outbreak of deficit hysteria brings back memories of the groupthink that took hold during the run-up to the Iraq war. Now, as then, dubious allegations, not backed by hard evidence, are being reported as if they have been established beyond a shadow of a doubt. Now, as then, much of the political and media establishments have bought into the notion that we must take drastic action quickly, even though there hasn’t been any new information to justify this sudden urgency. Now, as then, those who challenge the prevailing narrative, no matter how strong their case and no matter how solid their background, are being marginalized.>>> Summers, Goolsby, and Roemer are doing a reasonable job to counter the prevailing mood of the country but the rest of the administration has to do much more. They have to launch a full political campaign to ensure that things do not get completely out of hand. I am not sure that Axelrod, Gibbs, Plough, Emanuel, etc have the sense of urgency and wherewithal to address this issue. I get the sense they all feel pretty good about themselves and are content to leave office after one term without feeling much angst. Obama needs a wake up call and shake up his inner circle especially wrt to political advisors. It is not about Obama. It is about the well being of our country.