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Imagine a basketball game during which the contrast between two players catches your eye. John Bull, a 5’11″ guard, makes lots of three pointers but never gets a rebound. Meanwhile, his 6’10″ Cousin Sam plays power forward, grabs many rebounds but never makes a three pointer. Would you expect John Bull to become a prolific [...]
Archive for the ‘Stimulus’ Category
October 30th, 2011
October 13th, 2011
Category: Stimulus
Thousands of National Health Service Corps members help provide basic services to an estimated 10.5 million Americans, a dramatic expansion facilitated by the 2009 stimulus package.
August 27th, 2011
Category: 2011 Democratic Agenda, Conservatism, Debt ceiling, Economics, Elections 2010 and 2012, Republican Party, Rhetoric and Framing, Stimulus, Taxation
Keith Humphreys’ thoughtful post called to mind some thoughts I wanted to jot down after re-reading Drew Westen’s NYT piece on Obama and Jonathan Chait’s blistering response to Westen in the New Republic. Westen is surely a primary target of Keith’s scorn, and I agree with both Chait and Keith that Westen grossly exaggerates what [...]
September 14th, 2010
Christine O’Donnell’s politics are hilarious: she thinks we should go around telling people masturbation is wrong. Thing is, there’s a Supreme Court justice who’s very angry that we can no longer make it illegal.
July 1st, 2010
Surprise: People with AIDS and disadvantaged youth fare worse than large banks, Medicare recipients, and physicians in squabbling over the federal budget.
February 22nd, 2009
How to f^&*)*&^ing get f^&*(*^%*^ing Al Franken f$%*^%^$ing seated, okay?
February 18th, 2009
Why is Europe so wet on stimulus?
February 10th, 2009
Category: Stimulus, Watching Conservatives
How much can the economy stand 7 more months of GOP destructiveness?
February 10th, 2009
Category: Health Care, Stimulus
President Obama is wrong to give such high priority to health IT in the stimulus.
