That–as I have argued in the past–is what the Obama Administration is doing. And yes, I am pretty sure that the Administration knows that the more it augments the sense of economic crisis, the more it improves its chances of passing its economic program.
This, of course, makes the Administration’s public relations efforts deeply cynical. Is it too much to hope that it gets called on its fearmongering sometime soon?
Where do you draw the line?
omar Wednesday, March 4th at 9:12AM EST (link)Between honesty and fear mongering? We are, without a doubt, in the worst recession in the past 40 years with no clear sight to the “bottom..” Should he lie to the American people? That didn’t go so well last time.