Sunday, January 11, 2009

New Republic - Obama Stimulus Plan Not Enough

(A detailed and excellent discussion about the Stimulus Plan which includes sensible suggestions about investment in the American Economy - like High Speed Rail...)

Not Doing Enough

Why I worry that Obama doesn't realize just how bad things are.

John B. Judis, The New Republic Published: Friday, January 09, 2009

Does Barack Obama understand the seriousness of the economic crisis? Yesterday, he laid out his economic agenda, and it was filled with all sorts of important exhortations and proscriptions. He appropriately condemned the "anything goes" policies of the last administration. He declared that government is now the solution to our woes, not the problem. Still, I worry that the president elect is underestimating the problem he and the country faces...

Full Article at:http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=611d21dd-edb6-45f8-802c-568e35493234

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