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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

What they said

‘Everything is so unstable, and people are so panicky that I see a lot of this as an effort to calm people down. The whole bill is an attempt to change the equilibrium.”

Deborah Lucas

Finance professor, Northwestern

The authority given the Treasury “crosses the line into socialism.”

Sen. Jim DeMint

South Carolina Republican

‘If we’re lucky enough to help 400,000 households, I’m afraid it’s a drop in the bucket.”

Jared Bernstein Economist,

Economic Policy Institute