{"id":30783,"date":"2012-10-23T14:30:57","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T20:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/23\/romney-government-stimulus-bad-but-it-makes-for-a-nice-speaking-venue.html"},"modified":"2012-10-24T05:42:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T11:42:00","slug":"romney-government-stimulus-bad-but-it-makes-for-a-nice-speaking-venue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/23\/romney-government-stimulus-bad-but-it-makes-for-a-nice-speaking-venue.html","title":{"rendered":"Romney: Government Stimulus = Bad (but it makes for a nice speaking venue)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Romney: Government Stimulus = Bad (but it makes for a nice speaking venue)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mentioned only for (a) the mild irony and (b) it&#39;s a local landmark.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fthinkprogress.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F10%2Fredrocks.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/economy\/2012\/10\/23\/1071971\/romney-new-deal-campaigns\/'>After Bashing Government Spending, Romney Campaigns At National Landmark Built By The New Deal<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOn the campaign trail, Mitt Romney and his campaign advisers have made a habit of attacking the 2009 Recovery Act (i.e. the stimulus). Romney calls the stimulus, \u201cthe largest one-time careless expendi&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/Rh5ezt2j7vc' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romney: Government Stimulus = Bad (but it makes for a nice speaking venue) Mentioned only for (a) the mild irony and (b) it&#39;s a local landmark. 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