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Her a less favored child for bringing them back from vacation. republicans say the measure will add to the country's budget deficit, democrats say it will save at least a billion dollars off the deficit and it's fully paid for by closing national tax loopholes, cutting money for food stamps and rescinding part of the earned income tax credit. for every dollar the budget office does comparisons about the amount of money you spend and how much comes back into the economy, they say every dollar you spend on food stamps comes back at a $1.71 and creates more money for the system but they're cuttin...

Agree with palin and boehner and o'connell, it's okay to stimulate the economy with which is the preface stuff, what's the most effective way to borrow -- to stimulate the economy? >> the most effective for stimulus is food stamps, $1.71 for every dollar versus the bush tax cuts. we're cutting stimulus right now, cutting food stamp right now to pay for state and local aid that's better than tax cuts. the argument that the republicans are giving to democrats is you don't want to allow a good stimulus like a tax cut to expire in recession. they're right about that. people who care about this are...

If we agree with palin and boehner and mcconnell that it's okay to borrow to stimulate the economy, which is what they're saying after that whole preface stuff, what's the most effective way to borrow to stimulate the economy? >> well, the most effective thing we can do for stimulus is food stamps. you get $1.71 of stimulus foefr dollar you spend versus the bush tax cuts, which is 32 cents for every dollar you spend on them. but we are in fact cutting stimulus right now or we're cutting food stamps to pay for state and local aid, which is also better than tax cuts. so this is one problem here....

>> if you cut out the preamble you're talking about, agree with palin and boehner and o'connell, it's okay to stimulate the economy, what's the most effective way to borrow to stimulate the economy? >> the most effective for stimulus is food stamps, $1.71 for every dollar versus the bush tax cuts. which are 32 cents for every dollar you spend on them. we're cutting stimulus right now, cutting food stamps right now to pay for state and local aid that's better than tax cuts. the argument that the republicans are giving to democrats is you don't want to allow a good stimulus like a tax cut to exp...

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