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Skeptical of Obama’s stimulus plan

National Review
by Jonah Goldberg

01/14/09

Barack Obama has a curious definition of ‘non-ideological.’ He’s insisting on bipartisan support for a stimulus package that will cost more than anything Uncle Sam has ever bought, save perhaps for victory over the Axis powers. He says he wants ‘to put good ideas ahead of the old ideological battles’ and doesn’t care whether they come from Republicans or Democrats. But he also says that ‘only government’ can pull us out of this crisis. It’s like Henry Ford’s line that you could buy any color car you wanted, as long as you wanted black. Obama is interested in any idea, as long as its peddler starts from the same ‘non-ideological’ assumption that government experts know best...

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