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GOP jobs agenda II: David Autor: "1. You have a set of policies that you favor at all times and under all circumstances, e.g., cut taxes, remove regulations, drill-baby-drill, etc. 2. You see a problem that needs fixing (e.g., the economy stinks). 3. You say, ‘We need to enact my favored policies now more than ever.’ I believe that every item in the GOP list... derives from this three step procedure.... That’s not to say that there are no reasonable ideas on this list. But there is certainly no original thinking here directed at addressing the employment problem..."

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