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Pelosi: UI "helps reduce the deficit" http://j.mp/ekArKg What’s the evidence? GDP multiplier >1 doesn’t mean net budget effect is positive.
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UGA’s Keith Poole illustrates how the Senate votes on extending the Bush tax cuts cleanly divide along ideological lines http://j.mp/gM3hso
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Lovely: Menendez says compromise with GOP is "almost like the question of do you negotiate with terrorists" http://j.mp/gn1oPC
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Political scientist Matthew Dickinson finds that 2010 was "The Most Nationalized Midterm Election In At Least 54 Years" http://j.mp/g2u5IH
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Misperceptions about foreign aid spending from @ezraklein — this one has been around forever and will probably never die http://j.mp/hcBIB1
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.@delong flags a Slate article attacking a claim without identifying who is making it – one of @jayrosen_nyu‘s bugaboos http://j.mp/fat63N
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| Why Oh Why Can’t We Have Better Pointless Contrarians? – Grasping Reality with Both Hands Martha White at *Slate*: >What’s in those free-trade agreements—and do they really boost exports?: [L]ook no further than NAFTA… supposed to bolster the economies of the United States, Canada,… |
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AP: "In tax showdown, myths spread. A debunker’s guide" http://j.mp/goX476
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Joshua Tucker begs media to clarify that Dems want "a tax cut for everyone who pays taxes" on first $250K of income http://j.mp/cp1npS
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