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Republicans Vow Revolution, Blame Obama for ‘Uncertainty’: View
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How exactly, according to Republicans, is President Barack Obama supposed to have caused the current economic malaise and high unemployment?
You can criticize Obama for running up huge deficits that may wreck the economy in the long run, but in the here and now, even a feckless deficit-spending program can only stimulate the economy and create jobs. However dismal the unemployment rate is now, it would have been worse without the hundreds of billions pumped into the economy by two administrations and the Federal Reserve.