Giuliani Calls Stimulus "Wildly Reckless"

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani says the idea that the stimulus plan would help the economy was "wildly reckless." He says that its only impact has been to increase unemployment and worsen the recession. (0:27)
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Sen. Durbin: When It Comes To Stimulus, Haste Makes Waste

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says that Congress has to be patient with the stimulus spending and not accelerate payments because "haste makes waste" (0:33).

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Financial stimulus needed for economy

Christina Romer, Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisors, expressing her belief that the stimulus bill will work to reinvigorate the nation's economy (0:24)
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Sen. Schumer: Iraq and Bush tax cuts weren't "generational theft"?

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) points out that Republican Senators are now complaining that the stimulus spending is "generational theft," but none of them complained about "generational theft" when they were discussing the Bush tax cuts or funding the Iraq war. (1:05)
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Sen. Shelby: We have decided we are not capable of enduring the consequences of our own actions

Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) it took until 1982 for the national debt to pass $1 trillion. The stimulus bill will add approximately that much in a single year. Worse, he says, today, when the Senate is expected to pass the stimulus bill, "will mark the day when our generation decided that we were not capable of enduring the consequences of our own actions, and therefore future generations must shoulder the burden that we could not find the courage to bear ourselves." (0:51)
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Sen. Graham: Stimulus bill is "blown opportunity"

Senator Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) says that the stimulus bill is misguided and is a "blown opportunity" to have a bipartisan bill that would improve the economy. Instead, he says, the bill creates "more government than jobs." He says that "Americans want their Congress and this new administration to be smart and work together," and they have done neither. (1:02)
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McCain says stimulus bill is bad for economic future of America

Senator John McCain (R-Ariz), made a speech on the Senate floor, today, on the compromised version of the stimulus package. In his statement he said: "This legislation, in my view, is very, very bad for the economic future of America."
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Congresswoman Bean on the Recovery Act

Jay Goodman Tamboli speaks with Congresswoman Bean (D-Ill.) about the Recovery Act. (5:33)
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"$800-$900 billion is the least we need to get economy moving again"

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Talk Radio News Service hears former Secretary of Labor and current Berkeley Professor, Robert Reich's, view on the minimum amount needed to get the economy started again.
February 6, 2009.
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Economic stimulus may be bad news for China

Pieter Bottelier, senior adjunct professor of China studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International studies, speaks on how the U.S. stimulus bill may be bad for China. He says that if the U.S. goes the wrong way, the rest of the world will follow. (00:34)

by University of New Mexico - Talk Radio News
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Obama staff talks money

Dr. Laura Tyson and former Senator Bill Bradley (D-N.J.) discuss an economic meeting between Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama and economic advisers. Tyson and Bradley say that the financial markets and economic stimuli were discussed along with structural issues like health care, education, and energy independence. Both say that Obama has a clear long term financial strategy separating, they say, Obama from Republican opponent Sen. John McCain. Tyson describes tax cuts advocated by Obama, cuts she says would give 95 percent of middle-income families $1,000. She also discusses the consumer market and the need for a second stimulus package from Congress. (23:48)
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Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) Speaks About the Stimulus During Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) offers his feelings on the stimulus and the problem concerning government spending during a Senate hearing focused on strengthening our economy by solving foreclosure and neighborhood preservation problems this morning. (0:44)
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