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MacGuineas, Baker Discuss Obama’s Budget Proposal: Video

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Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) — Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, talk with Bloomberg Television about President Obama’s budget proposal. Obamas .8 trillion fiscal 2011 budget puts an emphasis on job creation with 0 billion in additional stimulus spending, ...

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Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) — Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, talk with Bloomberg Television about President Obama’s budget proposal.


Obamas $3.8 trillion fiscal 2011 budget puts an emphasis on job creation with $100 billion in additional stimulus spending, along with


higher taxes for the wealthy in an attempt to narrow the deficit. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)


Dean Baker
Dean Baker is a macroeconomist and codirector of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC. He previously worked as a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor at Bucknell University. He is a regular Truthout columnist and a member of Truthout's Board of Advisers.

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