Paul Krugman: GOP Is Led by Limbaugh

Paul Krugman: GOP Is Led by Limbaugh

Nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman defends Obama’s stimulus package and paints Republicans as obstructionists.

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Republicans in the Senate insist that the stimulus bill does not include enough tax breaks and contains far too many pork items (like funds for food stamps). Economist Paul Krugman appears on MSNBC’s Scarborough Country to defend the stimulus bill and argue that Republican demands are wrong and should not be accepted.

Gabriela Resto-Montero

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