[lbo-talk] views on stimulus: now vs. 1938

[Doug Henwood]

On Feb 10, 2009, at 10:55 AM, SA wrote:


> http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/poll_020509.pdf
>
> The CBS News poll re-asked a question that Gallup posed in 1938:  
> Which is the best way to end the recession, tax cuts for business or  
> more government spending?
>
>
> BEST WAY TO END RECESSION?
>
>                                  Now      3/1938 (Gallup)
> More government spending         22%        15%
> Tax cuts for business            59         63

Amazing. The American public is slightly less reactionary now than in  
1938. Who knew?

Wonder what the nums would have looked like had Obama pounded  
Republicans from the start, and made the Keynesian case forcefully.  
Not that he would, of course. But it would be interesting.

Doug