On Fri, 24 Apr 2009, B. wrote:
> Boost Social Security benefits by 1/3 to replaces losses in the
> aggregate, payroll tax holiday for 9 months or, or more or less time as
> needed. These are things I've seen JK Galbraith advocating publicly.
He also goes beyond that advocate a long-term New Deal jobs program that is bigger than the New Deal ever was -- that is a functional equivalent for WWII as a jobs program:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2009/0903.galbraith.html
Michael