Robert Kuttner: Let’s Have Real Shared Sacrifice —

‘President Bush continues to enjoy popularity as commander-in-chief. But his critics are right to challenge his economic priorities. The theme of this strange war is turning out to be unequal sacrifice and wasted opportunity. If we are not careful, a longer-term theme could be a protracted recession.’

And Robert Reich: Back to Normal?

‘While the rest of us are trying to put our lives back to some semblance of the way they were before September 11th, that’s not true for the inhabitants of our nation’s capital. They’re not taking up where they left off. For better or worse, they’re leaving all that behind.

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The American Prospect