Word: bakers
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...clear the program would do anything to boost the economy. Yes, consumer spending is dropping, but some economists think that is a function of confidence, not credit. "Paulson seems to be working under the impression that when it comes to consumer spending liquidity is the issue," says Dean Baker, who co-founded the Center for Economic Policy Research. "People aren't buying because they just lost a lot of money and might be about to lose their job." Lastly, it is not even clear the program is needed. Yes, banks and other lenders do appear to be stuck with loans...
...what the rationale for this new program is," says Baker. "If it was a bad idea for the mortgage market, then it's a bad idea in the credit card market...
...some housing-market economists question the wisdom of the idea. They say helping people who may buy houses in the future is not how the government should be providing assistance. "I can't imagine why you would want to do this," says Dean Baker, co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a Washington think tank. "What you should be doing is helping homeowners who are already over their head." (Read "Four Steps to Ending the Foreclosure Crisis...
...with actual responses from Obama and McCain. Adding to the mix are Karen Tumulty's story on the Joe Biden campaign, Jim Poniewozik on how the media have covered the candidates, John Cloud on the secretive group that is reshaping gay politics, reports by Andrew Lee Butters and Aryn Baker on Iraq and Afghanistan, and reflections on Campaign 2008 from a range of voices, from Garry Wills to Bill O'Reilly. I promise you that if you read all of that, you will be abundantly well informed...
...numbers are flipped: 83,400 voted for Republican candidates, and nearly 165,000 participated in the Democratic primary. Although Hillary Clinton won Ohio easily, Obama's best showing statewide came in Hamilton, where he won 63% of the vote. "We have a reservoir of support there," says Isaac Baker, Obama's Ohio spokesman...