Office Hours with Jason Furman 8/02/11
Jason Furman, Principal Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, responds to your questions on Twitter with the hashtag #WHChat after Congress approves a compromise to reduce the deficit and avert default that would have devastated the economy.
.@brozm1990: The American people won in this #compromise. Sets up a second stage and we'll be pushing for balanced deficit reduction #WHchat
@whitehouse Why did the President and all the Democrats cave and give Republicans 98% of what they wanted? #WHChat- .@So1omonW1se: No. Both sides #compromise. Rs did not get Medicare vouchers, $1.2T of Medicaid cuts, & over $100b of food stamp cuts #WHchat
@whitehouse Why the heck are we cutting when history shows that only will drive us further into a depression? #whchat
@whitehouse Since this is a done deal for the moment, could we please take the rest of the week off from hearing anymore about it? #WHChat
@whitehouse Who is appointing the mbrs of the Debt Super Committee? and When will we see the names? #whchat
Ha, fair enough, knew it needed a long answer when I asked. Hope you can get it done! RT @whitehouse: rest more than 140 chars #WHchat
