>
> "You've got to look at what's going to create sustainable jobs. What this
> administration is talking about is making work. It is creating work," - RNC
> Chair Michael Steele.
>
> But the point of a stimulus package is precisely "making work" to
> counteract the deflationary spiral, no? Yes, these jobs will go away at some
> point. But we want them to. This really isn't that hard to understand. Some
> in the GOP seem unable to grasp that the argument right now is about how to
> address the extreme crisis in demand and the danger of a deflationary
> death-spiral. On the one hand, they seem to be saying (a la McCain) that
> this is long-term spending, not stimulus; then they are complaining it's a
> short-term stimulus that will not create long-term jobs (a la Steele). *One
> can only presume this is mainly about politics, not governing. Like so much
> of the last eight years.*
>
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http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/02/quote-for-the-5.html

-Lance

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