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Ryan Grim

Pelosi: 'We'll Never Have Deficit Reduction Unless We Have Job Creation'

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deficit, Hoyer Deficit, Steny Hoyer, Pelosi Deficit, Hoyer Jobs, Pay as You Go, Paygo, Deficit Spending, Deficit and Jobs, Job Spending, Politics News

The deficit debate in Washington misses the fundamental point, said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday, arguing that the primary objecti...

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Think Again: "History" Isn't a Dirty Word

Eric Alterman | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Peter Orszag, Obama, Politico, Deficit Spending, Bush Tax Cuts, Media News
Eric Alterman

Crossposted with the Center for American Progress. Last week, Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei at Politico reported that the White House planned on maki...

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Trapped In Prisoner's Dilemma, More Spending Is The Solution

David Segal | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Adam Curtis, Tea Parties, Nobel Prize, Economic Stimulus Package, Ronald Reagan, Deficit Spending, RAND Corportation, Margaret Thatcher, Prisoner's Dilemma, Mad Hatter, Game Theory, John Nash, Economy, Keynesian Economics, Politics News
David Segal

The stimulus' oft-cited $787 billion figure includes nearly $300 billion in tax cuts, meaning that it represents a split between conservative and interventionist economic philosophy.

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Why Government Spending Is the Solution, Not the Problem

Marshall Auerback | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government Spending, Deficit Spending, Deficit, Joe Wilson, Obama, Socialism, Health Care, Politics News
Marshall Auerback

Markets do not self-regulate in ways that avoid major financial upheavals and activist government is required as a counterbalancing force.

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Jason Linkins

Jim Cramer: "Everybody Wishes Obama Would Just Kind Of Go Away" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Joe Scarborough, Barack Obama, Jim Cramer, Health Care Reform, Deficit Spending, Media Monitors, Media Monitor, Media News

Here's a video of Jim Cramer, kicking it with Joe Scarborough, on the issue of healthcare reform. At the ready is a "stunning" poll indicating that A...

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Ryan Grim

1937 Haunts Democrats During Spending Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Great Depression, Smoot-Hawley, Deficit Spending, 1937, Recession, Politics News

When President Obama ventured to Capitol Hill to meet with House Republicans shortly after Inauguration, he was met by a barrage of questions about th...

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New York's Next Senator: Opposed to the Obama Agenda

Lawrence O'Donnell | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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Lawrence O'Donnell

The Gillibrand simple-minded devotion to balancing the federal budget above all else means that she must oppose everything on the Obama agenda.

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Deficit or Depression?

Robert Kuttner | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, The Great Depression, Inflation, Deficit Spending, Economy, Budget, Government Stimulus Package, Financial Crisis, New York Times, Politics News
Robert Kuttner

The government needs to spend a lot of money, so that the collapsing private economy does not end up as Great Depression II. When recovery comes, we can get the budget closer to balance.

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The Response to the Economic Crisis

Jay Mandle | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Economy, Deregulation, Deficit Spending, Business News
Jay Mandle

The vast amounts of money that are being inefficiently spent today mean that it will be difficult to find the funds to use on the urgent needs of tomorrow.

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The Trillion Dollar Scare Tactic

Bill Scher | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Infrastructure, Debt, Deficit, Public Investment, Stimulus, Spending, Deficit Spending, Financial Crisis, Business News
Bill Scher

Flashing a trillion dollar deficit bugaboo is a meaningless scare tactic. Let's have a real debate on the merits of the specific public investments proposed.

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GOP Senator: Deficit Spending Is Bigger Moral Issue Than Abortion

The Hill | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion Moral Issue, Tom Coburn, Deficit Spending, Politics News

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said Congress's deficit spending has become a moral issue surpassing abortion because it saddles future generations with mas...

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