Limbaugh Dilutes Support For Stimulus
Comedian and Republican spokesperson, Rush Limbaugh, has come out hard against the proposed stimulus package and according to a CBS poll, he just might be having an effect.
Slightly more than half the country approves of President Obama’s $800 billion-plus stimulus package, a new CBS News poll finds. But support for the bill has fallen 12 points since January, and nearly half of those surveyed do not believe it will shorten the recession. Feb-05-09 Source: CBS News
Limbaugh, a proponent of the discredited “supply side” and “trickle down” economic theories of Milton Friedman has often criticized the job creating programs embedded in the stimulus program of the Democratic administration.
