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In reply to the discussion: Krugman is getting close to the edge [View all]
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)75. And so are Americans
--these people are destructive and have to be voted out--but no--they're ready and willing to steal elections, and this requires that everyone unify and face these people together as one--99% nation.
Paul Krugman has been very patient and has helped many people come to their senses--and made it clear how desperate and unwilling to be reasoned with these RW people are. If people cannot be reasoned with, they have no place in the government of this country.
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He is a good economist who has no clue of the political realities of 21st century America
bluestateguy
Jun 2012
#2
Are you saying that Krugman might as well save himself the effort of offering good ideas?
ladjf
Jun 2012
#53
If his failing is that he underestimates the full effects of GOP obstructionism
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#35
He can. He's heard that argument. But he knows, logically, that when people in power
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#39
Krugman is doing the job he signed on to do. He informs the public, AND elected
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#86
I got here by way of a reference from Manny in another thread, and owe him for that.
Jackpine Radical
Jun 2012
#99
Remember LBJ needed 67 Votes not 60 to overcome the Filibuster on the Civil Rights Bill
happyslug
Jun 2012
#103
The problem is not with Krugman, it's with the politicians who have no clue of economic reality.
JVS
Jun 2012
#41
Krugman is doing a wonderful job of offering up a steady stream of good ideas about what
ladjf
Jun 2012
#52
I suspect he understands that political reality doesn't trump actual reality
TheKentuckian
Jun 2012
#55
You are a good person who has no clue of the realities of the current situation.
Jakes Progress
Jun 2012
#89
Bush spent it on war, a Keynesian would have flooded States w/ cash & kept public employees working
FarLeftFist
Jun 2012
#20
Bush spent not just in Iraq but DHS, TSA, Medicare Drugs, schools, CIA,
banned from Kos
Jun 2012
#23
Those "$300 checks" were loans, by the way. You paid it back on the following year's tax return.
PSPS
Jun 2012
#34
Bush & Cheney funneled the federal $$$ to their buddies and themselves, privatizing
suffragette
Jun 2012
#29
Well put. Bush's stimilus was real and in no way intended to benefit the middle class.
banned from Kos
Jun 2012
#51
Oh yeah, in No Country he's max-creepy. Have you seen him in Marquez' Love in the Time of Cholera? n
patrice
Jun 2012
#69
I used smaller words. I provided homey examples.... illustrated with cartoons....
jtuck004
Jun 2012
#22
HERE IS WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE KEY PART OF DR. KRUGMAN'S ARGUMENT IN THE VIDEO
drynberg
Jun 2012
#57
K & R, excellent OT, CTHulu2016, excellent points in discussion, austerity talk
mother earth
Jun 2012
#61
The only thing that will finally sink into the nutjobs is "I told you so". Thats what happens
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#85
I never bought the WMD in the first place. I blame the republicans for pushing it. I blame
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#92