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at the exact time when economists of every ideological stripe agree that government investments are the only way to get our economy moving again and make us competitive for the long term

Wow. Not a single economist left who isn't a Marxist redistributionist. Who'da thunk it?

9 posted on 01/29/2009 8:02:43 AM PST by EternalVigilance (God is watching and listening.)(The Personhood Imperative: www.BanAbortionNOW.com)
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To: EternalVigilance

The writer is a little confused when he claims economists of every stripe support this. Not true. Some do support big govt pork but responsible economists would point out that there is no stimulus in this package. Those ecenomists support real stimulus in the form of taxcuts for business and individuals but they get no mention in the press.


24 posted on 01/29/2009 8:07:00 AM PST by saganite (What would Sully do?)
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To: EternalVigilance
Wow. Not a single economist left who isn't a Marxist redistributionist. Who'da thunk it?

Reminds me of the last time I watch CBS News with Dan Rather (probably sometime in the late 80's). He made the statement "All Economists agree that Reagonomics does not work."

I saw no evidence that he had polled all economists in the US, let alone the world, therefore he was lying. But never again in my house.

82 posted on 01/29/2009 8:20:48 AM PST by w1andsodidwe (Jimmy Carter(the Godfather of Terror) allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
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To: EternalVigilance
Wow. Not a single economist left who isn't a Marxist redistributionist. Who'da thunk it?

Not even I :)

97 posted on 01/29/2009 8:27:13 AM PST by whodathunkit (Shrugging as I leave for the Gulch)
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To: EternalVigilance; Deb

Of course all the economists protesting the DEB (Depression Enhancement Act) are ignored. See this:
http://www.cato.org/special/stimulus09/cato_stimulus.pdf

Oh, and Deb, I guess I should have pinged you if I was going the name the Obama Bill after you.


107 posted on 01/29/2009 8:32:41 AM PST by KC Burke (Men of intemperate minds can never be free...their passions forge their fetters.)
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To: EternalVigilance

She is right in saying that many “conservative” economists are nothing more than Socialist-lite...

But to suggest there is unanimity is absurd. It’s like suggesting there is unanimity among scientists that Al Gore’s version of Global Warming is real.


111 posted on 01/29/2009 8:35:10 AM PST by Boiling Pots (Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious)
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To: EternalVigilance

She’s talking about the same economic experts who didn’t see the current mess coming.


195 posted on 01/29/2009 9:32:34 AM PST by peeps36 ( Al Gore. Is A Big Fat Lying Hypocrite. He Pollutes The Air By Opening His Big Mouth)
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To: EternalVigilance
...at the exact time when economists of every ideological stripe...

A reference to Paul Krugman, no doubt...

201 posted on 01/29/2009 9:41:15 AM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: EternalVigilance

“....at the exact time when economists of every ideological stripe agree that government investments are the only way to get our economy moving again and make us competitive for the long term..”

I am an Economist by formal Education and decidedly DO NOT agree that “government Investment” is the way out. THAT’s a path so fraught with peril as to be completely unfathomable.


209 posted on 01/29/2009 10:00:48 AM PST by roaddog727 (BS does not get bridges built - the funk you see is the funk you do)
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To: EternalVigilance
See my #230. Plenty of respected economists oppose this rushed and pork-laden bill.
231 posted on 01/29/2009 10:47:24 AM PST by Carling (After the post-election GOP attacks against Gov. Palin, I am sad to say I am leaving the party..)
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