The liberal coalition pushing a big government solution to the current economic crisis has clung to the belief that no respected economists oppose their plans.

In fact, the truth is very far from that statement.

Below are several leading economists who have come out against the Democrats' $1.2 trillion economic package:

Gary Becker

Greg Mankiw

Tyler Cowen

Arnold King

Hal Varian

Russ Roberst

Don Boudreaux

Dan Mitchell

Thomas Sowell

Tad DeHaven

Walter Williams

Peter Schiff