1.0 link 165076 <![CDATA[Why The Stimulus Is Too Small]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/09/is-stimulus-too-small_n_165076.html There's a hurricane coming. Meteorologists aren't sure what category it will be but know it will be the worst in generations. There's a warehouse full of sandbags.

What do you do?

Some folks in town are arguing that using the entire warehouse would be wasteful and leave the next generation without any sandbags. Half the sandbags might be enough to stop the surging waters, they argue.

Then again, half might not be enough.

"Use them all," suggests economist James Galbraith. "If...

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