Makers, Takers and Fakers

PkrBum wrote:What makes you think krugman has any unique insight into a party he despises? It's just the same stuff that's all over the msm and leftist internet... I wouldn't trust him to split a lunch check. There are real probs on the right... but the answers won't come from what should be the diametrically opposed ideology. imo the biggest mistake of the right has already been adopting progressive govt solutions to every damn problem real or perceived... don't tread on me.

knothead wrote:

PkrBum wrote:What makes you think krugman has any unique insight into a party he despises? It's just the same stuff that's all over the msm and leftist internet... I wouldn't trust him to split a lunch check. There are real probs on the right... but the answers won't come from what should be the diametrically opposed ideology. imo the biggest mistake of the right has already been adopting progressive govt solutions to every damn problem real or perceived... don't tread on me.

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Nonsense pkr . . . . . whatever you disagree with or whatever the source become the nasty ole MSM . . . . it has become a laughable punch line. Paul Krugman whether you agree or not is a respected economist but it is no surprise you are dismissive of his educated views because it is MSM. Funny!

PkrBum wrote:

knothead wrote:

PkrBum wrote:What makes you think krugman has any unique insight into a party he despises? It's just the same stuff that's all over the msm and leftist internet... I wouldn't trust him to split a lunch check. There are real probs on the right... but the answers won't come from what should be the diametrically opposed ideology. imo the biggest mistake of the right has already been adopting progressive govt solutions to every damn problem real or perceived... don't tread on me.

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Nonsense pkr . . . . . whatever you disagree with or whatever the source become the nasty ole MSM . . . . it has become a laughable punch line. Paul Krugman whether you agree or not is a respected economist but it is no surprise you are dismissive of his educated views because it is MSM. Funny!

My issues with krugman have nothing to do with the msm except that he is part of it and he parrots the message.

I've aired my grievances of his economic ideology many times... not that you would have read or absorbed that message.

VectorMan wrote:Even though Krugman wrote it, I still read it. The first thing that came to mind was, what a nut-job. Second was, what a liar. Must be why the liberal media loves this guy.

Just because he managed to get a diploma doesn't make him smart. Nor does it make his opinion worth 2 cents. But, he is sure enough a faker.

Now lean forward!

knothead wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/opinion/krugman-makers-takers-fakers-.html?ref=todayspaper

Interesting article critiquing the failed strategy of the GOP and their attempt to appear more reasonable to the populace. Short read. . . .

othershoe1030 wrote:

knothead wrote:http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/28/opinion/krugman-makers-takers-fakers-.html?ref=todayspaper

Interesting article critiquing the failed strategy of the GOP and their attempt to appear more reasonable to the populace. Short read. . . .

This position Jindal is taking, getting rid of state income tax and raising sales tax is exactly the kind of redistribution of wealth that's been going on for decades now. You can see the shift in wealth from the middle and working classes to the top 1-2% on all the graphs that track such things.

Yet when brainwashed people like "Joe the Plumber" hear the phrase redistribution of wealth they immediately move to protect their wallets thinking wrongly that the gov-ment is coming for their measly income in order to give it to someone less well off. In reality, yes, Joe's money has gone somewhere but it's gone to the already well off as Krugman points out.

And here Jindal goes again with another scheme to make matters even worse. Hey, I saw Boehner claiming that Obama is bent on destroying the Republican Party. Why bother when they are doing it to themselves. Are there enough conservative thinkers left in it to jump start a real change?


Like the new acknowledgment that the perception of being the party of the rich is a problem, this represents a departure for the G.O.P. — but in the opposite direction. In the past, Republicans would justify tax cuts for the rich either by claiming that they would pay for themselves or by claiming that they could make up for lost revenue by cutting wasteful spending. But what we’re seeing now is open, explicit reverse Robin Hoodism: taking from ordinary families and giving to the rich. That is, even as Republicans look for a way to sound more sympathetic and less extreme, their actual policies are taking another sharp right turn.