02-11-2009, 02:50 PM
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Isn't that exactly what they are looking for?
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Yes, but is 2-3 years down the road really instant stimulus? I'm not necessarily advocating one plan over another. I'm saying that they are all pretty suspect. Getting the TARP and banking regulations right are what will have the most immediate impact on the current crisis. It just seems to me that the stimulus, recovery or whatever it's called is more about long-term economic arguments (right and left) and is not going to get us out of the current mess we're in. I just have a problem with a lot of the rhetoric lately, and I'm not saying the President is alone. The Right is guilty of the same thing, just under the guise of different ideas.
Isn't that exactly what they are looking for?
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Yes, but is 2-3 years down the road really instant stimulus? I'm not necessarily advocating one plan over another. I'm saying that they are all pretty suspect. Getting the TARP and banking regulations right are what will have the most immediate impact on the current crisis. It just seems to me that the stimulus, recovery or whatever it's called is more about long-term economic arguments (right and left) and is not going to get us out of the current mess we're in. I just have a problem with a lot of the rhetoric lately, and I'm not saying the President is alone. The Right is guilty of the same thing, just under the guise of different ideas.