posted by leo
on Thu, 06/17/2010 - 09:57
Senate votes no on world's most stingy stimulus bill. Erza points out that with close to 10% unemployment, maybe deficit reduction isn't the most important thing:
There'll come a time when we need to start reducing the deficit. If we can get the economy back into gear, that time might even be soon. But for now, increasing the size of the deficit isn't some nasty side effect of stimulus spending. It is, quite literally, the point of the enterprise.
It's extraordinary that the Senators thought it safe enough to walk away from a bill like this considering the number of people out of work. It's time to bring on Poor People's Marches and other forms of activism so that doing this again becomes way more painful politically-speaking.
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