You actually have a consensus among conservative, Republican-leaning economists and liberal, left-leaning economists. And the consensus is this; that we have to do whatever it takes to get this economy moving again. That we have to -- we're going to have to spend money now to stimulate the economy, and that we shouldn't worry about the deficit next year or even the year after.
Obama emphasizes the need for immediate economic stimulus spending without concern for the deficit.
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If I had a blame pie for why politics is so polarised and why we're seeing a rise of populism in many places, it's because of that information that is going into our brains every day.
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