A farewell to arms, specifically, economic loose cannons. The only possible question that can be asked about the resignations of Treasury Secretary Paul OâNeill and White House economic advisor Lawrence Lindsey today is: what took so long? Did our president wake up this morning and say, ãThe economy is in the toilet. Guess I better do somethingä? Was that news to him? I like the New York Timesâ coverage best, including the list of OâNeillâs gaffes. ãIf you set aside Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, the safety record of nuclear is really very good.ä Is that like saying, If you set aside unemployment, deficit spending, and recession, the economic record of the second Bush administration is really very good? [Jarrett House North]
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