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girl gone mad

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5. Unfortunately, Obama spent the last 2 years pushing austerity at home.

Reply to Galraedia (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2012, 09:47 PM

Jan 2012

Outside of the payroll tax cut, there has been little in the way of stimulus. He relied too heavily on monetary solutions (QE and ZIRP). Ignoring unemployment and focusing on the deficit was a major, major error and speaks to a basic lack of economic understanding within the administration.

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