https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/01/obamas-messianism-makes-the-economy-forever-a-secondary-concern/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 15:19:56 -0400<![CDATA[&#8220;Obama really was more focused on long-term, historically significant accomplishments than marginal, near-term differences in the pace of the recovery,&#8221; Scheiber wrote this year. &#8220;On some level, Obama was prepared to accept (and I&#8217;m making up these numbers for argument&#8217;s sake) three years of painfully high unemployment with health care reform rather than 30 months of painfully high unemployment without it. And the reason is the one Summers alluded to (before disputing): Health care was simply more historically important than avoiding those extra six months of pain.&#8221;]]>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 09:15:07 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/01/obamas-messianism-makes-the-economy-forever-a-secondary-concern-n98781