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Obama Wants Bipartisan Support for Stimulus

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“Obama plans to ask Congress for a stimulus package of $675 billion to $775 billion, so the planned tax cuts will total about $270 billion to $310 billion, the officials said. Obama strategists say he wants to get 80 or more votes in the 100-member Senate, and the emphasis on tax cuts is a way to defuse conservative criticism and enlist Republican support.” (New York Times [1], Monday)

It seems the road to hell will be paved with “bipartisanship.”

FEE Timely Classic:
“Compromise, Principles, and Politics [2]” by Gary Galles


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[1] New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/us/politics/05spend.html

[2] “Compromise, Principles, and Politics: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/compromise-principles-and-politics/

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