Intro: "There will be two big stars at the Republican National Convention, and neither of them will be Mitt Romney."
Portrait, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, 06/15/09. (photo: Fred R. Conrad/NYT)
The Comeback Skid
27 August 12
There will be two big stars at the Republican National Convention, and neither of them will be Mitt Romney. One will, of course, be Paul Ryan, Mr. Romney's running mate. The other will be Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, who will give the keynote address. And while the two men could hardly look or sound more different, they are brothers under the skin.
How so? Both have carefully cultivated public images as tough, fiscally responsible guys willing to make hard choices. And both public images are completely false.
I've written a lot lately deconstructing the Ryan myth, so let me turn today to Mr. Christie.
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And they no longer have to. No more lies, no more illusions. What Republicans stand for is SELF. Just self - We live in communities, with other humans. Until the "humans" who vote for Republicans realize that they are not the SELF being promoted and provided for, there will still be the masses that continue to vote against their own SELVES! Wake up!
Stop giving big oil money and tax those among us who benefit the most. Just a small tax will make a huge difference.
They have worked diligently for this moment. The proof is there you just have to look at it from their angle not ours.
The Republican method is so transparent regarding its lack of sincerity that it should be hilarious-excep t many prospective voters buy into it.
They play the populace for fools-because many can be "fooled again."
In this Republican method of "getting out the vote"-facts take a back seat to charismatic leaders who really know how to "talk the talk"-which is always nothing more than the old talking points of....less taxes, less regulation, more freedom, and hence-prossperi ty for all...blah...bl ah...blah. If I believed in God I'd be praying for this country 24 hours a day.
What a cororful and informative statement!
I would personally like to see him take his stick to this Un environmental, animal hating hypocrites. I would love to see them all come and beat the crap out of these spoiled Bullies for their intent to destroy the USA financially.
But that is our job, and writing these memos ain;t gonna get it done. Take the time you spend on these blogs and go organize in your area, among family and friends.
There is an excellent information on the AFL-CIO Blog today about Medicare and Social Security including ideas, something those in charge have little of no matter which party.
This weekend is Labor Day, while you are drinking and eating...perhap s start planning on how to take back USA in a Peaceful, Intelligent Way. Enjoy the Weeknd but remember there would be No Holidays recognized without Labor....we are losing jobs daily.
Whatever the real amount the private charity load will increase dramatically. Almost all the churches lack the administrative economies of scale to run such programs efficiently. So the actual nation-wide cost, private and public, might double. And this is just an example of what might happen with a small to medium size budget cut. And if the churches don't pick up the slack even larger social costs will show up somewhere else. And that's the price we, the 99%, will pay for the 'free' market!
Americans homeless and dinner free. 1% will demand more money in Collection plates from those who can ill afford it.
Time Church starts doing its own recognition of their Members in Crime. Churches want money, Temples etc well guess they will have to start doing there services in tents because the pot ain't gonna make it around the parish anymore. I refuse to buy God, let them all starve like the world is, let them live in boxes, then perhaps they will start recognizing God, Jesus, Allah...
And the tax used to be high, just to pay for roads. Now we have a much better reason to bring up the tax: Arctic sea ice is now at its lowest ever, this side of Jurassic park. Starting today.
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Their Food,their products are inferior to anything we ever took pride in producing yet we still buy their crap. Keep eating their poison. So keep making them rich and keeping us out of jobs.
Fracking is supposed to help things not go up but that was the Promise of Nuclear Power...no rise in costs. I see the same with everyone needing Casinos. Those were supposed to pay our property taxes I am waiting three years and will be waiting a lot longer. You all keep buying into the lies and supporting Imports....
GOP are not the only ones who need to look in the Mirror
Oh, Christie is a phony all right, but what the hell, he's a politician for God's sake. Phoniness is in the job description.
What is just as phony is Krugman's sudden concern about deficits. He's quick to point out that NJ deficits continue, yet blithely declares in column after column that the Feds need to put the national budget in deeper deficit with "massive" spending.
When a governor "defers" contributions, he is "borrowing from the future" but when the US government does it, well, that's "good" borrowing from the future.
And when Christie diverts money from the Transportation Fund, that's naughty, the raiding of the Social Security "Trust Fund" by the DC pols? No problemo.
Current exponential increases in our national debt, an economy that cannot grow enough to cover the interest due on our debt and an estimated 200 trillion of unfunded welfare state liabilities mean little to Krugman.
As we careen toward default, he is trapped in a catch 22 and is blinded by his own ideology.
Reality check: Neither professor K, his acolytes nor the Dems or Pubs have a plan to get us out of the dilemma we are in.
Having no plan, they will play "kick the can" down the road until their "loony lefty" and the "righty nutcases" are bankrupted.
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