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HOW STIMULATING?

CBO Scores the Stimulus--Part Two

From Kevin Drum.

I think that they did pretty well. There is a good mix of stuff going out there. Tax rebates. Different sectors of the economy. Almost classic apportionment. Even to the artists. I know. A GOoPer talking point. They like the idea of the starving artist and they think that all artists are liberals.

Incidentally, I won't get much of it direct. I pay quarterly taxes. There might still be that bit about money for Medicare people but the rest of it is not stimulating me directly. So I am unbiased.

Well, not personally. Politically, very.

That ignores, of course, the stimulation I will receive from a market rise, the return of many state services that are in jeopardy and so on.

My real concern is that we cannot afford to wait for "things to straighten out" or for "market forces" to take over.

It bothers me that people are starving and homeless, that healthcare is increasingly unaffordable, that people are bankrupt and that many have lost jobs that they loved.

That is the real stimulus for me. To have healthier happier society.

I know. I am in incurable bleeding heart socialist. So be it.

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