01.06.2009 9:00 pm

Best bet is to keep stimulus simple

(Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

Inauguration Day is still 13 days away, but President-elect Barack Obama has arrived in Washington, and the 111th Congress has begun work. Let the games begin.

Mr. Obama’s first order of business this week was meeting with congressional leaders about…

Tags: economic stimulus proposals, eddie roth, food stamps, infrastructure, local government, Mitch McConnell, public works, stimulus, unemployment benefits

07.30.2008 1:00 pm

A “New” New Deal?

By Alex Mayer

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In Harold Meyerson’s column today in the Washington Post about Democratic “harmony” on economic issues, based on the results of Barack Obama’s recent meeting with 20 economic advisers, this section stood out:

That doesn’t mean that differing views weren’t voiced in the…

Tags: 2008 election, Barack Obama, economy, FDR, infrastructure, New Deal, spending, tax cuts, Works Progress Administration

Best bet is to keep stimulus simple

A “New” New Deal?

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