"Economists: Romney’s ideas wouldn’t fix short-term crisis, and could make things worse" at WP

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Economists: Romney’s ideas wouldn’t fix short-term crisis, and could make things worse

by Greg Sargent at WP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/economists-romneys-ideas-wouldnt-fix-short-term-crisis-and-could-make-things-worse/2012/06/07/gJQAHKUWLV_blog.html

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Mitt Romney frequently faults President Obama for not having any kind of plan to pull us out of our employment slump. But would Mitt Romney’s ideas help fix the economic crisis?

I asked two economists to take a look at that question. Their conclusion: While both said they support some of Romney’s long term goals, they both agreed that Romney’s ideas would do little or nothing to fix the immediate crisis, and could in the short term make things worse.

The question of whether Romney’s ideas would fix the economy in the near term has gotten short shrift, because presidential campaigns amid a bad economy tend to focus relentlessly on the incumbent.

The most direct answer Romney has given to the question of what he would do to fix the near term crisis — as opposed to his long-term plan — came during an interview on CNBC in the wake of the bad May jobs numbers. Romney offered six suggestions.

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[Thrill]

1. LOL you won't hear the TV Media heads mention

this

[1StrongBlackMan]

2. I suspect ...

This material will find its way into the Presidential debates.

[Arneoker]

3. The question a voter has to ask themselves is

Will I be better off with restoring the policies in place when the economy went bad in the first place, or the policies in place since the economy has started on a steady recovery?