Yes we can

“Well, we still haven?t seen that much of it, but I think?I am concerned that it isn?t large enough. He?s talking about around $750 billion. And keep in mind, that?s over two years. So we?re talking about somewhere on the order of $370, $380 billion in year one. And roughly 40 percent of that now is going to be tax cuts. We know tax cuts will have less stimulatory impact than spending. So I?m concerned that we?re not talking about a big enough package.
And frankly, I find the talk about the budget deficit just a little perverse. I know the Washington Post here has a jihad going after the budget deficit, but that?s the last thing we should be worried about now. It?s a little crazy. It?s kind of like if your house is on fire, you?re worried about watering the plants. It?s a bit loony. We need to spend lots of money to get the economy going, and unfortunately, I?m not sure that President Obama?s plan will go far enough.”

kritisiert werden auch die angedeuteten Einschnitte ausgerechnet im Sozialbudget angesichts des gewaltigen Haushaltsdefizits

“Larry Summers, who?he?s the one who?s really going to be in charge of the economic plan. He had an opinion piece in the Washington Post a couple months ago, where he said we need to address entitlements. And what that is, is codeword for ?We need to cut Social Security and Medicare.? And that?s a terrible idea. Now, if you need to cut money, cut it from the military. You?re talking about a budget that?s almost a trillion dollars, if they need to talk about cutting spending.”

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/1/7/obama_warns_trillion_dollar_deficit_could

auch hier werden die Steuersenkungspläne Obamas als Fortsetzung der schädlichen Steuersenkungspolitik der Bush-Regierung angesehen

“Who can seriously argue that a family still earning an income of up to $200,000 is enduring such economic hardship that it, too, needs a tax cut? ”

http://www.alternet.org/workplace/118086/obama_to_continue_bush%27s_tax-cutting_orgy_/

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081229/hayes

“How Obama is Already Taking Charge”

http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html