Fred sez, hold off on economic stimulus package
January 18th, 2008 at 9:31 pm . by el nuko
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. - Republican White House hopeful Fred Thompson made light of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s call for a quick economic stimulus Thursday and said it might be best to leave the economy alone for now.
Thompson was answering questions in a restaurant where Bernanke could be seen on a TV urging short-term relief to avert a recession. Thompson was asked what he would do.
“You could probably get a ‘Law & Order’ rerun on TNT there if you wanted to switch that around a little bit,” quipped Thompson, who acted on the series. When the host reminded him Bernanke is a South Carolina native, Thompson joked: “That looks a little boring to me. I don’t care.”
More seriously, he said he was not ready to embrace a stimulus package.
“We’re all concerned about the direction of the economy,” said the former Tennessee senator. “We’ve had a good run, but we can’t take growth for granted.” He said “we’ve got to have a potential stimulus package on the table to be discussed if it would make sense to be used in short order, but we’re not quite there yet.”
And doing nothing might leave the economy stronger, he said.
This man makes jokes while the President and the Fed Chairman work to avoid a recession.
SHEEESH. What a maroon. Go back to sleep Fredo.
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