Posted on 02/08/2009 2:16:34 PM PST by george76
If the agency responsible for reporting economic data to Congress as well as commenting on budget proposals concluded the Senate's stimulus plan not only won't have much positive impact, but will actually hinder output in years to come, shouldn't the American people be informed about this?
On Wednesday, the Congressional Budget Office issued a rather pessimistic view of the stimulus bill in front of the Senate, and virtually no major media outlets reported it.
Not the New York Times. Not the Washington Post. Not USA Today. Not ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, or MSNBC.
What were they hiding from the public?
...the short-run effects on output that operate by increasing demand for goods and services would eventually fade away.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
If this were a republican president you would hear and endless replay of the CBO’s take of the bailout. This is how the manipulate the public, by omission.
Please do not support any DBM. Do not watch DBM news, boycott NBC and their affiliates. Do not buy newspapers except the WSJ. Do not click on links to news articles in the DBM.
Read Newsbusters, MM, NRO, FR, Drudge (headlines only).
This is war!!!
I gotta go and prepare a room for a Palestinian family being brought to the US by Hussein./s
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.