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First thing I thought of after reading those articles was this:
ReplyDeletehttp://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/26/stimulus-even-republicans-can-support-2/
It sounds like a Romney style stimulus is in the works...a Romulus? a Stimuney?
Seems like we're all Keynesians now.
Regards,
PT
Hadn't seen that, but, yeah, I'd been wondering when someone was gonna point out the military-spending-as-stimulus hypocrisy of the Rs.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I liked this quote of his.
P.S: I should have complemented you on your "Romulus" cleverness. Worthy of this blog. Of course, if you know your Roman legends, it's another way of saying Romney sucks.
ReplyDeleteComplimented. Not complemented.
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