http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/15254/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/krugmans-obama-would-be-franklin-delano <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/julia-seymour">Julia A. Seymour</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >It is unclear where President Barack Obama will lead the United States of America – besides <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/15/AR2009011502054.html?hpid=topnews" />$825 billion or so </a>deeper in debt if he approves the House Democrats’ stimulus package.</p> <br /> <p >But what is clear is the direction liberal New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wants Obama to take: toward an FDR expansion of government. Within days of Obama’s electoral victory Krugman wrote a column titled: “Franklin Delano Obama.”</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/krugmans-obama-would-be-franklin-delano" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Economy AbrahamLincoln BarackObama BiggovernmentLeeOhanian BudgetDeficits Columnist ConscienceofaLiberal DonLuskin FDR fiscalstimulus goodgovernment GreatDepression JFK JohnHarwood NewDeal NewYorkTimes NobelPrize PaulKrugman RollingStone StimulusPackage TrendMacrolytics UCLA Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:24:49 +0000 admin 27000 at http://archive2.mrc.org