It is straight lying. It is well known that Summers cut Yellen' recommendation down (first he celebrated it and then said he was forced to by circumstances because Summers)
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Literally one of Obama's own advisors got it right at the time.
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The Obama memoir is also a strange bit of revisionist history whereby he describes the eventual stimulus as a lot more than what most progressive economists were asking for. The Jarrett quote is no more nonsensical. This is just the Obama team's narrative.
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@paulkrugman reading Jarrett's quote like...pic.twitter.com/WX2DqYMWXvThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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It's quite a quote...especially if removed from context.
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Does it get better because she goes on to say, “It was important to show the country early in President Obama’s time in office, he was willing to work with Republicans.”
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True but Yellen tho
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