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Originally Posted by tstew
The one subtlety that I don't think people are realizing in the New York Post cartoon is the clear implication that there will be another stimulus package. Now that we have had a Republican and Democratic version, it appears that what seemed absolutely foreign a few months ago has become common place and accepted. Here is a relatively conservative major news outlet cavalierly discussing the next stimulus bill. It is ironic that even in its attempt to criticize the stimulus package it concedes the next one. It's almost as if we have conceded that these bailout packages will be a commonplace part of American life...how far we have come in just a few short months.
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Stew,
If I remember correctly, there were stimulus packages back in the 80's and 90's. This is nothing new. I think if you look back we have been on this path a long time. We are just farther along. It takes a while for Rome to fall!