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New York Times There are three main views of the financial crisis and the most recent recession. In the first two views, the debate over the fiscal deficit is quite separate from what happened in the crisis. But in the third view, the financial crisis and likelihood of fiscal austerity are closely linked. The first . . . → Read More: Simon Johnson: Self-Described Fiscal Conservatives Cannot Be Taken Seriously Janie Lorber/New York Post Sarah Palin is in a fight with the facts — at least, with the facts as seen by PolitiFact, the fact-checking project of the St. Petersburg Times. The writers at PoltiFact took issue with Ms. Palin’s recent assertion that Democrats are pushing the largest tax cut in U.S. history, rating it . . . → Read More: Sarah Palin and PolitiFact Sparring Over Facts. Palin and Facts Do Not Belong In The Same Sentence. A new plan to legalize marijuana in California would create a $1 billion tokin’ tax and thousands of green jobs. Now that’s a stimulus plan! Katharine Mieszkowski/Salon Can Californians help dig themselves out of their historic fiscal crisis by getting high? Tom Ammiano thinks so, and he isn’t smoking a thing. On Feb. 23, the . . . → Read More: California and Marijuana: Everybody Must Get Stoned Christi Parsons/Tribune Washington Bureau In his weekly radio address, the president says a House GOP plan would kill jobs. Republicans respond that the administration’s policies have failed. President Obama on Saturday took a shot at a House Republican economic plan he said would kill jobs and endanger the country’s economic recovery. But Republicans fired back . . . → Read More: Obama And Republicans Trade Charges Over Economy |
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