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Tuesday, December 2, 2008 12:00 AM

Uncle Sam needs to go shopping. Not us

You want that discounted flat-screen TV. You want to help boost the economy. But I've got news for you.
Andrew Leonard

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  • Monday, December 1, 2008 06:42 PM

    I agree, but...

    ...what we don't need is for the feds to hand over the money to local jurisdictions and expect them to build new infrastructure. Where I live, that would just mean handing out contracts to the same ten families who benefited from the Republican-era tax cuts. It would be far better to train and employ PEOPLE in a coordinated rebuilding of America.

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