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Time for a Real Stimulus Project

By on 2.6.09 @ 7:06AM

President Barack Obama and the congressional Dems have been thinking too small on the economy.  Why not go all the way and stimulate the world's economy?  Heck, why not the solar system's economy?  How about building a Death Star?  Rysgard Gold makes the case.  And the cost?  Only about $15 septillion dollars, but remember--if we don't act, America might lost 500 million jobs, or thereabouts according to Nancy Pelosi.

About the Author

Doug Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and the Senior Fellow in International Religious Persecution at the Institute on Religion and Public Policy. A former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is author of Beyond Good Intentions: A Biblical View of Politics (Crossway).

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