How Stimulating

(Blog Post) Republican critics of the economic recovery efforts, when they're not taking credit for the money that's benefiting their state/district, take it as a given that the stimulus "failed." For the right, it's a foregone conclusion, hardly worth discussing anymore.

The New York Times reminds us today that "dispassionate analysts" agree that a fair look at the stimulus package shows that it may be "messy" but it's also "working." Full Story »

Posted by Derek Hawkins - via Washington Monthly

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Lynn R. Willis
4.5
by Lynn R. Willis - Nov. 22, 2009

This is a nicely written piece the point of which is that, contrary to conservative opinion, the stimulus package, while not perfect, is working. The author quotes a piece from the NY Times in which (presumably) objective analysts see evidence that the stimulus is achieving its major goals.

To the extent that this report is accurate -- and the analysts are correct -- the Republicans are shown (again) to be true to form and out of the loop of rationality on the stimulus package. This comes as no surprise -- it was mostly their deregulation fervor that fueled the greed among the financiers and got us into this mess in the first place.

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