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For example, for all the coverage of the teabaggers, there was no serious discussion of what would happen if we suddenly cut government spending in the middle of this recession. Fox News gets to rant against the President, but is not held accountable for the results of a right wing agenda. What would have happened if banks were allowed to go under (without a government guarantee of deposits), and if state and local governments had to layoff public employees enmasse. When Republicans say that banks should go bankrupt, are they also suggesting that the government walk away from all obligations, including a guarantee of deposits? Or, are conservatives really agreeing with Paul Krugman on nationalization, which would also require a massive expenditure of public money?
In other words, there is a vacuum of information regarding the impact of doing nothing or, simply passing massive tax cuts, as proposed by the GOP. They continue to get a free pass by the media.
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