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In reply to the discussion: my email to Morning Joe today re his latest tirade against Paul Krugman! [View all]markpkessinger
(8,395 posts)I have followed Krugman regularly over the years, and right wingers constantly misrepresent his argument in this way (i.e., claiming that Krugman simply thinks we can ignore the deficit and resulting debt). Krugman has repeatedly acknowledged that the debt is indeed a long-term problem that will need to be addressed, and has argued for continued deficit spending only in the shorter term, until the economy is again functioning at something closer to full tilt. Yet every conservative pundit, it seems, totally ignores that aspect of his argument, accusing him of advocating endless deficit spending.
Unfortunately, though, a lot of people, who maybe aren't as familiar with the totality of the case Krugman makes, take these conservative pundits' pronouncements at face value.
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