MAINTAINING GOOD PRESS RELATIONS….Poor Brad DeLong: brain the size of a planet, and he’s stuck trying to explain countercyclical fiscal stimulation to innumerate reporters. Try this, Brad:

Deficits are good when you’re in a recession, but they’re bad if they last forever. George Bush’s deficits will last forever, which means they are very, very bad.

See how easy it is?

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