Dooh Nibor Economics-Krugman, NYT

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

"Dooh Nibor" is "Robin Hood" spelled backwards, and the piece is about the reverse RH Shrub is doing to the country.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/01/opinion/01KRUG.html?th=&pagewanted=print&position=

Last week The Washington Post got hold of an Office of Management and Budget memo that directed federal agencies to prepare for post-election cuts in programs that George Bush has been touting on the campaign trail. These include nutrition for women, infants and children; Head Start; and homeland security. The numbers match those on a computer printout leaked earlier this year — one that administration officials claimed did not reflect policy.

Beyond the routine mendacity, the case of the leaked memo points us to a larger truth: whatever they may say in public, administration officials know that sustaining Mr. Bush's tax cuts will require large cuts in popular government programs. And for the vast majority of Americans, the losses from these cuts will outweigh any gains from lower taxes.

[xchrom]

1. uh -- and you didn't know this in '00?

it's amazing to me that these rags have the temerity to act like this is new some how.

[Mel]

2. class warfare-Krugman telling it like it is!

<snip>Right now, it seems that the 2004 election will be a referendum on Mr. Bush's calamitous foreign policy. But something else is at stake: whether he and his party can lock in the unassailable political position they need to proceed with their pro-rich, anti-middle-class economic strategy. And no, I'm not engaging in class warfare. They are.</snip>


That's what I want to hear the freaking truth it's class warfare against the middle class and the poor!
I am sick of Republicans yelping that Democrats are partaking in class warfare when they know full well they are the ones engaging in class warfare.
Who's going to have the courage to say it besides Krugman? Democrats should and they need to pound it in, it's the truth it's all about class warfare! class warfare! class warfare! and explain it to the people.

[quispquake]

3. Locking...Dupe

See original here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x54098