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To: tejek who wrote (124199)10/17/2012 9:35:51 PM
From: Sr K  Respond to of 149317
 
mm knows that Krugman and others calculated the size of the hole, and $800 billion wasn't going to fill it. Obama had to be practical, to get it passed in Feb 2009. I don't remember if the need was $1.4 trillion, or whatever it was, but it was calculable, and that couldn't have gotten passed.