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13. Getting Americans to take an interest in the economics that literally determine

Thu Nov 15, 2012, 02:52 PM

Nov 2012

the shape of their lives is like trying to teach a turtle to recite poetry.

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Krugman is not right when it is convenient. He is just right. [View all] cthulu2016 Nov 2012 OP

I would like to subscribe to your newsletter Fumesucker Nov 2012 #1

Cutting waste and abuse is not damaging n2doc Nov 2012 #2

Sigh. cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #3

live in your own, republican-fueld dream world then n2doc Nov 2012 #6

Maybe if you two would take the time to read what the other said Blecht Nov 2012 #10

Hear, hear! Well said. n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #12

Sorry, cthulu2016 is right on this one Lefty Thinker Nov 2012 #16

Taxes are half the story: FDR, Reagan, Clinton PETRUS Nov 2012 #8

A-fucking-men Blecht Nov 2012 #4

There are always tradeoffs gravity Nov 2012 #5

Krugman doesn't dismiss the deficit completely gravity Nov 2012 #14

Good post. cthulu2016 Nov 2012 #11

People aren't taught how this really works Hydra Nov 2012 #17

Raising taxes on the rich also promotes philanthropy. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2012 #9

Raise taxes on the rich and use the revenue to build and fix stuff tk2kewl Nov 2012 #15