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	<title><![CDATA[The Stimulus Package and Beyond]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lindaschurman/the-stimulus-package-and_b_172571.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>As we all are now observers and participants in the greatest global financial meltdown in recorded history, I considered it almost graveyard humor that President Obama would propose a "stimulus package" designed to reverse the collapse of our economy. It's sort of like putting a couple of logs out on the hill to reverse an avalanche. Big banks are virtually insolvent, a multitude of other nations are self-destructing, and America is deconstructing. </p>

<p>Many astute economists and journalists are wisely noting...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-03-06T12:17:00-05:00</date_published>
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