Washington Post Somehow Doesn’t Realize People Care About The Economy

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Washington Post Somehow Doesn’t Realize People Care About The Economy

January 05, 2011 10:44 am ET by Jamison Foser

The Washington Post asks readers to rank eight issues they want the new Congress to address:



Notice anything missing? Like, say "jobs" or "the economy"? Four of the eight options are geared towards deficit reduction -- and there’s nothing about jobs, at a time of historic levels of sustained unemployment. Amazing.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201101050016

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1. The choices are also incredibly vague.

Take "Bush tax cuts," for example. It's unclear whether a vote for this means you think they should be extended or ended. Same with "war funding" and "debt ceiling."

Personally, I'd be pleased if the new Congress did not tackle any of the issues on that list.