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Totally Spent - how this recession will be different.

Bowser — 2/17/2008 1:29:27 AM (archived)

Op-Ed Contributor Totally Spent By ROBERT B. REICH Published: February 13, 2008

"WEâ€™RE sliding into recession, or worse, and Washington is turning to the normal remedies for economic downturns. But the normal remedies are not likely to work this time, because this isnâ€™t a normal downturn."

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Totally Spent - how this recession will be different. - Bowser - 2/17/2008 1:29:27 AM
- "The only way to keep the economy going over the long run is to increase the wages of the bottom two-thirds of Americans. " - nick hoffman - 2/17/2008 10:25:47 PM
  - Who decides? - TB - 2/17/2008 10:36:09 PM
    - Who decides how big a check you get from your auto insurance co., when you have a fenderbender? - alcaray - 2/17/2008 10:56:56 PM
      - It's decided by the customer and the company. - TB - 2/17/2008 11:12:21 PM
        
        You ignore the role of state and federal regulation. - alcaray - 2/18/2008 1:25:00 AM
- Different - Not so much - James Brown - 2/17/2008 5:07:04 PM
- Good article - thanks. - RobVG - 2/17/2008 8:41:24 AM
- Reich is good. He's frequently on NPR. - ER - 2/17/2008 4:03:36 AM
- I remember him. - TB - 2/17/2008 3:50:00 AM
  - And theres Tom, beating his little 'commie' drum. Will he ever tire of it? (n/t) - Yeti - 2/17/2008 4:58:15 PM
    - I just described his views. Where did you get "commie" from? (n/t) - TB - 2/17/2008 5:04:07 PM
  - Campaign donations from the extremely wealthy. - Bowser - 2/17/2008 4:14:53 PM
    - Just where those tax cuts went....... - Lindy - 2/18/2008 4:30:02 AM
      - re: Just where those tax cuts went....... - TB - 2/18/2008 6:50:55 AM
      - Yah, like ...So? (n/t) - Parizz Hiltone - 2/18/2008 4:43:21 AM
    - And, yet again... - TB - 2/17/2008 5:00:33 PM

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