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	<title><![CDATA[Stimulus Time: The Fierce Urgency of Now]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-weisbrot/stimulus-time-the-fierce_b_155397.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Nobody needs to be told that our economy is going down the tubes at a rate unseen for decades. Every week brings new numbers that are setting records. In just the three months ending in November, the job loss was 1.26 million, the worst since 1975. We have lost more than 2 million jobs in 2008.</p>

<p>To arrest this downward spiral, the Obama team is talking about an economic stimulus package of about $800 billion over two years. Some are complaining...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-01-05T17:21:00-05:00</date_published>
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