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Hearings start Monday. So what?

For Congress, it's an election year, and the hearing provides Democrats and Republicans a platform to make their respective campaign arguments to the viewing public.

Oh, and, um, the G-20 idiots decided to commit to austerity, just the opposite economic policy needed at this time. Because, Krugman says, they're idiots. Obama seems to be still favoring more stimulus, although how this will all play out is anybody's guess. Maybe when they start cutting spending and the unwashed masses begin to notice, things might change.