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In reply to the discussion: Krugman: Recession ‘gratuitous’ because if Congress created jobs program it ‘would all be over’ [View all]idwiyo
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Krugman: Recession ‘gratuitous’ because if Congress created jobs program it ‘would all be over’ [View all]
Playinghardball
Jan 2013
OP
We've gotten rather accustomed to war needing big spending not infrastructure
mythology
Jan 2013
#54
In 1938 elections, the House went back to the GOP. They removed the New Deal Job Programs
DhhD
Jan 2013
#16
I understand what you're saying, but I think the war metaphor is poorly chosen.
Jackpine Radical
Jan 2013
#43
And pretending we have wealth (aka debt) so we can keep growing doesn't help the climate
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#69
There must be a relationship between corruption and not so hard to figure
socialindependocrat
Jan 2013
#85
Good example is new senator from Texas, Ted Cruz. Watch his voting record. Listen to him talk.
DhhD
Jan 2013
#87
Yessir, just another curr in the fetid herd of charletains licking the hands of....
BlueNoteSpecial
Jan 2013
#88
Love Krugman.....How I wish Obama Administration listened to him & that he had been nominee for
Pachamama
Jan 2013
#6
Frankly, I think that we would have to severely limit outsourcing and in sourcing.
amandabeech
Jan 2013
#30
The very fact that we cannot explore other ways to live guarantees inevitability
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#66
Isn't our huge military budget like an aneurism in the balloon called deficit.
Gregorian
Jan 2013
#20
The Optics have changed... If people had to wait in lines for food support it would dwarf...
Taitertots
Jan 2013
#33
In order for there to be a healthy economy again, the rich would have to make bigger sacrifices....
YoungDemCA
Jan 2013
#39
The Koches and their libertarian shills in government don't want it to be over.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#49