re: #368 RogueOne

…but they didn’t use “sound economic policy” in passing the stimulus package. What they passed was a band-aid approach topped off with wish list items that had no effect on stimulating the economy. Even Krugman points it out in his article:

…while completely missing connecting the dots. We spent billions of dollars propping up economic models that were doomed to fail and anyone who couldn’t see that the cuts the states had to make this year were inevitable is either a liar or a partisan. Not to mention, a pet-peeve of mine, that tax credits aren’t tax cuts.

The argument that we didn’t spend enough is flawed. If he wants to make the argument that we didn’t spend effectively then he would be more in league with his local tea party.

I’m not clear on what are you saying. Are you against stimulus spending per se, or against the particular stimulus bill from 2009?

If the former, why? Are you in league with those who say that is simply not an appropriate governmental function?

If the latter, what exactly was your beef with it?