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There’s No Such Thing as Too Much Stimulus Right Now
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January 11th, 2009Tracey HexEconomy, Obama, Politics

Congressional Republicans say Mr. Obama’s stimulus will cost too much, and that over time the economy will cure itself. When critics raised the same objections to F.D.R.’s programs, his relief administrator, Harry Hopkins, had a ready answer: “People don’t eat in the long run. They eat every day.”

—ADAM COHEN, New York Times Editorial Observer

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