Thomas Friedman isn’t as bad as my fellow progressives think he is. From his latest column in the New York Times:
… we don’t just need a bailout. We need a reboot. We need a build out. We need a buildup. We need a national makeover. That is why the next few months are among the most important in U.S. history. Because of the financial crisis, Barack Obama has the bipartisan support to spend $1 trillion in stimulus. But we must make certain that every bailout dollar, which we’re borrowing from our kids’ future, is spent wisely.
Hubris is why the Republicans failed to build a permanent majority after the 2002 elections. Democrats should learn from that and build the necessary bridges to the fiscally moderate masses that decide our elections. Prove that the money is spent wisely and it is no longer a proposal, but reality.
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