James Fallows: When a party is willing to hamstring the country’s overall prospects, as “collateral damage” in its effort to weaken the other party, the results are bad for everybody. To choose one example, about which I have more to say in an upcoming magazine article: Everybody knows that “green tech” / “clean tech” businesses [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Paul Krugman'
Why to Vote (Democratic): Republicans Can’t Govern Edition
November 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics
Tags: 2010 elections·conservative logic·GOTV·Jamelle Bouie·James Fallows·Mike Kelly·Paul Krugman·Ron Johnson
Pledge to Hope America Forgets Everything that Happened Before 2008
September 24th, 2010 · No Comments · AR, Politics
On Wednesday, Republicans announced their “Pledge for America,” their policy agenda for the coming Congressional term. As for the merits of the pledge, I doubt anyone could put it better than Paul Krugman. As one would expect from today’s Republican Party, it’s full of deception and overblown apocalyptic rhetoric. And, as the crack team at [...]
Tags: 2010 elections·Daily Show·GOP·mid-terms·Paul Krugman·Pledge for America·Republican idiocy·Republican trickery
Pro-Post Office
August 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics
Paul Krugman makes the helpful point that when people make the “Do you really want health care to be run like the DMV/post office?” argument, they should be reminded of awful experiences with private companies, such as the cable company. Two experiences last week drove home for me how strong a point this. On Tuesday [...]
Tags: AT&T·Bill Maher·DMV·health care·Paul Krugman·post office·runaround·socialism