Maddow Makes It Plain

[...this sums it up pretty well. The GOP is just wrong on their
arguments and wrong in their plan to adjust this downward spiral of
our economy. Cutting taxes has not worked for the last eight years,
why should it work now? I suggest that the elected idiots from Nevada
and Arizona, if they are so against the states getting any funds from
the Fed, volunteer to not take any. And then let them explain that to
the voters back home.]

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You've probably seen/heard similar assessments of the stimulus debate
this week, but I found Rachel Maddow's take especially compelling.

http://tinyurl.com/altk6u

For those who can't watch clips online, here's the transcript of the
key portion:

"Cutting food-stamp funding to attract Republican support is
proof-positive that the Republicans are not trying to come up with an
effective stimulus here. If your house is on fire, and you call your
fire department, and your fire department tells you to pour gasoline
on the flames, they're not actually making a good-faith effort to help
you put out the fire. They're not a good fire department.

"If you're working up policy to fix an economic crisis, which is
characterized by there being no spending in the economy, and someone
in that debate says, 'OK, but cut the spending out of the rescue
plan,' they're bad at making policy.

"And you know what? It matters when you're wrong. A whopping
proportion of the Republican rhetoric about stimulus is wrong.... It's
just wrong. The time is now to take the radical step, as Americans --
as civic-minded Americans concerned about our future -- it's time to
take the radical step of privileging correct information over
incorrect information....

"If you are wrong, from here on out, you should lose the argument and
you should lose your political potency. Form a flat-earthers club or
something, where you talk enthusiastically to each other about your
made-up economic ideas that aren't based in reality. But get out of
the way of the people who are actually trying to save the country."

?Steve Benen
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http://gssites.com/congrats/index.html
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