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It Would Take A $4.5 TRILLION Stimulus To Make Paul Krugman Happy
Business Insider ^

Posted on 09/02/2010 8:38:12 AM PDT by Weird Tolkienish Figure

Paul Krugman writes: But the stimulus wasn't nearly big enough to restore full employment -- as I warned from the beginning. And it was set up to fade out in the second half of 2010. I've heard this complaint from a number of commentators, and it always surprises me. Did anyone think we were going to get a stimulus big enough to restore full employment?

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/it-would-take-a-45-trillion-stimulus-to-make-paul-krugman-happy-2010-8#ixzz0yO1jKMlK

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: debt; kruggy; krugman; porkulus; spending
Hahahaha, gotta love articles like this.
1 posted on 09/02/2010 8:38:14 AM PDT by Weird Tolkienish Figure
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To: Weird Tolkienish Figure

A one year federal tax holiday would do the same thing. Might actually work too.


2 posted on 09/02/2010 8:39:22 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Weird Tolkienish Figure

Keynesians are gonna destroy this economy for good, if they aren’t stopped soon.


3 posted on 09/02/2010 8:41:34 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (Knowledge is common, but wisdom is rare.)
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To: Weird Tolkienish Figure

I would like for Mr. Krugman to tell us where, at anytime, this kind of stimulus has succeeded.


4 posted on 09/02/2010 8:45:46 AM PDT by RexBeach
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To: Weird Tolkienish Figure

Whew.. Decent article, but the pop-ups at that site are brutal.


5 posted on 09/02/2010 8:51:17 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Weird Tolkienish Figure

Insane!


6 posted on 09/02/2010 9:06:28 AM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Weird Tolkienish Figure

Why stop at 4.5 Paul??


7 posted on 09/02/2010 9:12:25 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Weird Tolkienish Figure

It’s just illions. Once you’ve wasted one illion, you’ve wasted them all.


8 posted on 09/02/2010 9:28:54 AM PDT by pallis
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To: central_va

It would take a 2-3 year tax holiday to equal a 4.5 trillion stimulus

Bu it would be fascinating to see how much productivity resulted and the outcome - America becoming one big Hong Kong-type tax haven (HK before the chicom takeover)

After the tax holiday we could come back with a national flat tax


9 posted on 09/02/2010 10:27:33 AM PDT by silverleaf (Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
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