http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/1868/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/cnn-welcomes-forbes-columnists-call-enormous-stimulus-program <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/matt-hadro">Matt Hadro</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>On Thursday, Forbes's Robert Lenzner claimed the U.S. needs a second stimulus, and CNN's financial gurus Richard Quest and Ali Velshi were content not to challenge his point. Velshi even acknowledged later that the country needs to "stimulate employment" through tax benefits to small businesses.<br /><br />"What we really need, but unfortunately we're politically behind the eight-ball is, we need an enormous stimulus program of say, $200 billion to put to work all these people from the construction trades and building and real estate that are out of work," Lenzner insisted.<br /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/bias-alerts/cnn-welcomes-forbes-columnists-call-enormous-stimulus-program" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division AliVelshi BiasAlert CNN economy liberalmediabias RichardQuest RobertLenzner Stimulus Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:20:00 +0000 38054 at http://archive2.mrc.org