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White House Smears Nobel Economist: ‘Lacks Courage’

thinkprogress.org — "People like Joe Stiglitz lack the courage to consider the cost of doing nothing and the cost of failure. One can ’t even begin to put a price tag on the cost to this nation of the attacks of 9/11," said W.H. spokesman Tony Fratto, conceding that the costs of the war on terrorism are high while questioning the premise of Stiglitz's research.

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    suzywang3000  by suzywang3000 on 02/28/2008
    stiglitz is the one who got us in this mess with his Keynesian nonsense:

    http://www.mises.org/story/971
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    Kent4jmj  by Kent4jmj on 02/28/2008
    Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes argue that President Bush massively understated the cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Combined with interest on debt, future borrowing, cost of continued military presence, and veterans health care, they estimate a potential cost of up to $5 to $7 trillion.
    Is he right or not????
    He got it right and Bush got it wrong. Who said it was going to be a cake walk?
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    chicofaraby  by chicofaraby on 02/28/2008
    FTA: "One can ’t even begin to put a price tag on the cost to this nation of the attacks of 9/11," said W.H. spokesman Tony Fratto"

    WTF does 9-11 have to do with Iraq? Iraq didn't attack the USA. We invaded them.
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    toddcat  by toddcat on 02/28/2008
    Yeah, the man who dodged Vietnam, who lives off terrorizing the American people and the people of the world, and who lives to demean those who disagree with him, is brave. Riiiiiiiiight.
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    EllieElliott  by EllieElliott on 02/29/2008
    we know who lacks courage, that would be GWB
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    morningmatters  by morningmatters on 02/29/2008
    Ah, the GOP is not only attacking the messenger but confusing Americans as well. One has to wonder just how did so many Americans actually came to believe that Iraq did 9/11, and it's through this type of info misdirection propagated by the likes of FOXNEWS.
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    jlhoben  by jlhoben on 02/29/2008
    Only people with IQ's of 80 or less think Bush and the neocons have it right.

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