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Three Ways Congress Can Save the Economy
These measures can work no matter what your ideology.
Get on with it.
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The U.S. economy desperately needs help. Unemployment, already at the highest level since the Great Depression, is expected to get worse and remain elevated for years. Yet the divide between Republicans and Democrats is threatening to delay action.
What’s needed are measures that can be put into practice quickly, without getting bogged down in ideological debate. I have some ideas.