Posts tagged “Boehner”
Stimulus Bill Shenanigans
(1) I am somewhat in sympathy with Hilzoy, when she writes: There are good reasons to try for bipartisan support regardless of how likely you think you are to succeed. If you do succeed, then both parties have some ownership of the stimulus bill, neither will be as eager to politicize it, and it will [...]
John Boehner: The Man Of Economic Principles
John Boehner, as you might suspect, doesn’t much like President Obama‘s stimulus package. John Boehner, as you might further suspect, is unable to offer any coherent reason for his opposition. So the poor man does the best he can, pushing all the usual thoroughly-discredited economic claptrap of the Bush administration: House Minority Leader John Boehner [...]