Here I go again. I feel the need to explain why, besides the damage they have wrought to the stimulus plan, the Republican push for tax cuts is an ineffectual and misguided economic policy. Besides a few economists that are friendly with the highly partisan Heritage Foundation, most agree that tax cuts are not an effective way...
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President Obama’s stimulus plan passed in the House of Representatives with no Republican votes. Now the bill must pass the Senate before it goes to a Conference committee. Once it leaves Conference Committee, the final version will be voted on by both the House and Senate. Thus, it is very likely that the current bill...
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What has brought me to the point where I am echoing obstructionist Republicans, albeit for very different reasons? The Republicans are currently seeking to completely derail the proposed stimulus package. However, they know that they do not have the numbers in Congress to block the stimulus plan’s inevitable passage. No,...
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