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Notable and Quotable (I)

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Kendall Harmon

All this is telling. The administration and Congress, though pledging to restore economic growth, care more about protecting foreclosure victims and promoting homeownership among the young and poor. Politics trumps economics.

—Robert Samuelson in a piece I posted this morning

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2 comments on “Notable and Quotable (I)”

  1. Jeffersonian says:
    March 3, 2009 at 4:33 am

    And the scales fall from yet another naif’s eyes. Every moment of this administration has been spent, up to now, on consolidating power into its hands. We are being turned into one, big Chicago ward and the federal government the Chicago machine writ large.

  2. Br. Michael says:
    March 3, 2009 at 5:23 am

    And that is why the White House is so keen on controlling the census.