Tag: Paul Krugman

Break Up The Euro

Filed in International by on May 7, 2012 0 Comments

As the people of France and Greece voted that austerity is not working, Paul Krugman asks, “What’s next?”

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Austerity is Dead, Long Live Austerity

Filed in International, National by on April 28, 2012 2 Comments
Austerity is Dead, Long Live Austerity

With the failings of austerity as a large hammer to fix the world economy become oh-so-evident, still pundits and policy makers keep on pushing it through.

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If You Want Accuracy, Listen To Liberals

Filed in National by on May 4, 2011 15 Comments

Pundits were rated for accuracy of their predictions. Paul Krugman was the best and Cal Thomas was the worst. All the top 5 pundits in accuracy were liberals and Democrats.

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The Death Of Irony

Filed in National by on February 13, 2010 0 Comments

According to Paul Krugman, irony is dead and Republicans killed it: “Don’t cut Medicare. The reform bills passed by the House and Senate cut Medicare by approximately $500 billion. This is wrong.” So declared Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, in a recent op-ed article written with John Goodman, the president of the […]

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Krugman: Pass The Bill Already

Filed in National by on January 22, 2010 76 Comments

Congressional Democrats, please listen to this man: A message to House Democrats: This is your moment of truth. You can do the right thing and pass the Senate health care bill. Or you can look for an easy way out, make excuses and fail the test of history. A message to House Democrats: This is […]

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The New “Super Majority” Problem

Filed in National by on December 21, 2009 31 Comments

Despite all our differences on Health Care, the real problem is the new 60 vote or nothing framework.  This new Super Majority or nothing dilemma must be addressed if we ever want to govern.  Needing 60 votes to do anything is impossible mainly because it results in only two outcomes: 1. It stops legislation. 2. […]

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Paul Krugman Simplifies Health Care Reform For You

Filed in National by on August 3, 2009 14 Comments

The invaluable Paul Krugman explains health care reform for easy understanding: The essence is really quite simple: regulation of insurers, so that they can’t cherry-pick only the healthy, and subsidies, so that all Americans can afford insurance. Everything else is about making that core work. Individual mandates are a way to prevent gaming of the […]

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