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Skewz Podcast #45: Talking to Jason Rosenbaum of The Seminal
We recently spoke with Jason Rosenbaum of The Seminal (theseminal.com). The Seminal started out as a music site and slowly morphed into a political blog among other things. That transition is an interesting story in and of itself. You can learn a bit more about Jason by reading his bio . In our conversation we discussed the post-mortem on the stimulus bill a couple of weeks back, but now the bill seems to be getting drowned out by all of the negative economic news. The partisan lines now are arguing that the stimulus package may not be big enough or there's not any point in doing it because it will have no impact. Nouriel Roubini who saw the crash coming way back in 2005 is in Jason's corner arguing that more stimulus may be needed. Dr. Doom and Jason are aligned in thinking that the stimulus is critical in bolstering aggregate demand in and environment where consumer and business confidence is essentially shattered. Jason discusses his support of the stimulus package and for the Obama administration in general. In our discussion we looked at how the stimulus package wound its way through the corridors of Congress and some of the shortcomings of the package from a progressive point of view. We also discuss why the GOP showed no support in the house and almost no support in the Senate. Our discussion was an in depth look at how the stimulus package was finally passed and how some of the hurdles were overcome. Jason also points out lessons that the administration can learn for future legislative efforts. It was a fun conversation, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Remember:
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You can check out Jason's blog at: http://www.theseminal.com
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