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Ezra Klein: “The stimulus bill under Obama that had three big headline…”

Featuring: Ezra Klein, Liberal | New York Times Columnist and Podcast Host | National

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In-Studio Discussion with Ezra Klein and Gavin Newsom on 'Abundance' and Democratic Governance

Published | Video Starts at 16:14

And I'll say one more thing because I was talking, I did a event the other night with Jon Favreau and we were talking about, we were talking about high speed rail, but I was saying that The stimulus bill under Obama that had three big headline projects for reinvestment, it had high speed rail, it had smart grid, and it had a nationwide system of interoperable health records. Remember Those days? Yeah. 0 for 3. Yeah. At some point we got to be upset about this, you know, so you. Have five core chapters in this book. (16:14–16:28)

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Asserts that the Obama stimulus bill included high-speed rail, smart grid, and interoperable health records projects.

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