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Zachary Karabell | Posted 03.12.2009 | Business

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Zachary Karabell

As muddled as this economic stage may be -- and all major measures taken in crisis usually are -- it is born of the drive to reconstruct and not profiteer, and that alone is progress to applaud.

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Obama and The Economy: How It's Going to Play Out

Ian Welsh | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

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Ian Welsh

The only people in this debacle who acted in the interests of ordinary Americans are House Democrats, but in the end they're going to be forced to choose between no bill and a fatally compromised bill.

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Bipartisanship Fetishism vs. What's Best for America: Obama Needs to Choose

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

When Galileo became convinced of the truth about how the solar system works, he didn't decide to just split the difference with the Pope so he could get a few nice editorials about "common ground" and "working together." Obama needs to stop trying to appease the bipartisanship fetishists. READ MORE Why is Obama Reluctant to Kill the Zombie Banks Threatening Our Economy? The plan laid out -- or, more accurately, sketched out -- by Tim Geithner makes it very clear that he is on the wrong side of the issue, more worried about the banking industry than the American people. Like Hank Paulson before him, Geithner appears more concerned about saving particular banks than saving the banking system. READ MORE

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Oh, About That "End" of the Obama Honeymoon ...

William Bradley | Posted 03.12.2009 | Media

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William Bradley

Where Obama may have made a mistake is in being too substantively accommodating with people who are basically not going to support him except in the event of an extraterrestrial invasion.

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Republicans Say They'd Support the "Right" Stimulus Bill, But Stimulus for Them Is Only More Tax Cuts

Mitchell Bard | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

If you look closely at what the Republicans are saying, this isn't a debate on the merits of this stimulus legislation, but rather another round of policy battles fought during last year's campaign.

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Just imagine: What if McCain Had Won the Election and Obama had Shafted him During the Stimulus Debate?

John Amato | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

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John Amato

Um, are McCain's feelings after losing an election the big question on people's minds in the nation? I think the stimulus package is the focus of the country right now, don't you?

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Patriotic Extortion

Marty Kaplan | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

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Marty Kaplan

Imagine if the Democrats had not pre-capitulated to the Republicans on the stimulus bill. Imagine if they had forced the Republicans to actually mount a filibuster.

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Our Phone Calls Are Working, Don't Let Up!

Bill Scher | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics

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Bill Scher

If representatives know that's what their constituents want, they will be both more inclined to keep that critical public investment from the House bill, and act with the speed.

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Stimulus, Yes; Bank Bailout II, No

Robert Kuttner | Posted 03.11.2009 | Politics

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Robert Kuttner

If Obama does his job he will mobilize public opinion and isolate Republicans who would rather sink the economy than give a Democratic president legislative success.

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Spaghetti Economics

Matt Miller | Posted 03.10.2009 | Politics

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Matt Miller

We need to throw lots of spaghetti against the wall, and fast -- and continue to throw lots of spaghetti against the wall for at least a few years.

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No, Seriously: Republicans Don't Get It

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 03.09.2009 | Green

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Rep. Earl Blumenauer

Investment in bike paths will not only improve our economy, and take our country in the right direction for the future; it is exactly the kind of investment the American people want.

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What I've Gleaned So Far About the Stimulus Plan: Get Ready to Put Out

Leighann Lord | Posted 03.09.2009 | Comedy

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Leighann Lord

When The Stimulus Plan left the House of Representatives, it was clocking in at 1,788 pages. For a bit of perspective, War and Peace - the longest novel in literary history - is 1,463 pages and is only slightly less boring.

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Puttin' On The Pay Cap

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 03.09.2009 | Business

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<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

The $500,000 limit on executive pay may seem like a lot of money to people, but in actuality, for a banker, you might as well be offering a salary of $1 per year.

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Obama's Wake-Up Call

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

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Jacob Heilbrunn

Even as unemployment hits 7.6 percent and shows no signs of slowing any time soon, the GOP is falling over itself to protect the ostentatious privileges and prerogatives of a few financial potentates.

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Why the Stimulus is Needed, Part II

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 03.09.2009 | Business

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Hale

Given the decreases in personal consumption expenditures and gross private domestic investment, what are the chances of the consumer spending again or business investing again?

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Obama to Speak Monday Night on Stimulus While Rep. Pete Sessions Says Republicans Are the New Taliban

John Amato | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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John Amato

If the media hadn't acted so irresponsibly the past two weeks and President Obama hadn't tried to be so bipartisan, he might not have had to take to the airwaves, but that's not the case anymore.

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Creating Jobs Is Not "Wasteful"

Sen. Jeff Merkley | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Jeff Merkley

America voted for a change of direction last November, not more of the same. Republicans should listen to the American people and work in a bi-partisan fashion to help get our country on the road to recovery.

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Billionaire For A Day: A More Entertaining Economic Stimulus Package

Robert Guttman | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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Robert Guttman

Let's do something to capture all Americans attention and by doing so make the economic stimulus package real to all of us: 800 Americans will each win a billion dollars.

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Pulling the Wool Over Our Eyes

Rep. Lynn Woolsey | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Lynn Woolsey

The American people elected President Obama in record numbers to lead our country in a new direction, if the Republicans aren't willing to join him, the least they can do is get out of his way.

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Our God That Failed

David Bromwich | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

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David Bromwich

The high doctrine of Economic Correctness of the Reagan-Bush-Clinton-Bush years is as bankrupt as Soviet Communism. It is all but officially dead. Why then are the president's economic advisers paid to prop it up?

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Stimulate Me!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business

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<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Experts seem relatively unified, if such a thing is possible, on the issue of direct economic stimulus to every taxpayer. They're against it.

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A $50 Billion Nuke Power Bomb is Dropping Toward Obama's Stimulus Package

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 03.06.2009 | Green

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Harvey Wasserman

The desperate, dangerous nuclear power industry has dropped a $50 billion stealth bomb meant to irradiate the Obama Stimulus Package.

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The Truth About the Stimulus Package

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

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Amitai Etzioni

Until other countries are willing to do their share to stimulate the global economy, the Obama administration is right to lift our boat first.

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Whiplash: Conservatives Play Politics with Stimulus Spending

Scott Lilly | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

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Scott Lilly

Republicans demonstrated that they will adapt to whatever philosophy they find most tactically useful in blocking their political opponent -- the new president.

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The 200 Million Dollar Question

Cristina Page | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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Cristina Page

Republicans staged a temper tantrum last week over spending $200 million on contraceptive coverage. It turns out such a request wasn't even included in the stimulus.

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