The Good News On the Stimulus

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http://www.thenation.com/blogs/jstreet/409258/the_good_news_on_the_stimulus

The Good News On the Stimulus
posted by Christopher Hayes on 02/17/2009 @ 4:22pm


So the stimulus is law. Whatever its shortcomings, there is a lot of good stuff in the bill. As just one example: my parents were visiting this weekend and the whole time my dad, who works in public health in poor neighborhoods, was receiving promising updates on his blackberry about just how much potential funding there would be for some of their programs.

On the politics side of the ledger, Ben Smith notes Obama's emphasis on the tax cuts in the bill. I'm not necessarily a fan, though politically it's true that every single Republican member of congress can now be accused of "Voting against the biggest tax cut in history" come next election." Clearly, this hasn't escaped the White House's notice.

[Cha]

1. Yeah, that does kind of stand out..

that the repods voted for the biggest tax cut in history:bounce: