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Fri Jan-18-08 08:48 AM
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Economists back Edwards for prez

1/18/08 at 6:38 AM EST

William Darity, professor of public policy studies, African and African-American studies and economics, joined 33 other economists from various institutions in endorsing a statement that calls the former North Carolina senator the candidate who "has best demonstrated the capacity and the policies to be the next president of the United States."

The group, known as Economists for Edwards, was recruited by James Galbraith, professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin.

Galbraith said he started the group after an article in The New York Times claimed, " populist bent helps explain why only one high-profile economist... has joined the campaign."

"The important thing was to establish that... I'm not the only guy out there with an economics Ph.D. who ," he added.

He said the economists who endorsed the statement shared "a willingness to think large on policy questions."

Darity noted that two specific issues united the group: poverty and the war in Iraq.

"I definitely don't think the other two candidates share position on income redistribution," Darity said. "He's also set a very specific timetable for removing all U.S. forces from Iraq."

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Fri Jan-18-08 08:50 AM
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1. Well I'm no economist, but I know what NAFTA did and is doing!

So...K & R

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Fri Jan-18-08 09:15 AM
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2. k & r

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kelligesq

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Fri Jan-18-08 09:27 AM
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3. economists picking Edwards is HUGE

:bounce:

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Fri Jan-18-08 09:30 AM
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4. economists say he's the only one talking INCOME REDISTRIBUTION

a good reason to vote for him - redistribute the wealth from 1 percent of the population

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Fri Jan-18-08 10:50 AM
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5. K&R n/t

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Fri Jan-18-08 04:48 PM
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6. K&R, this cannot be stressed enough!

Corporatist government is destroying capitalism as we know it. The greedy pigs at the trough all want to continue to languish in government handouts while the rest of us fight for survival under a cloud of nuclear fallout.

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Joanne98

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Sat Jan-19-08 09:29 AM
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7. It must have been hard to find some economists in this country who weren't evil

Edited on Sat Jan-19-08 09:29 AM by Joanne98

But they are right. John Edwards is the only one, besides DK, that has any sound polices at all. the others, are well, all BS!

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