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Showing Original Post only (View all)This Republican Economy by Paul Krugman [View all]
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/opinion/krugman-this-republican-economy.htmlWhat should be done about the economy? Republicans claim to have the answer: slash spending and cut taxes. What they hope voters wont notice is that thats precisely the policy weve been following the past couple of years. Never mind the Democrat in the White House; for all practical purposes, this is already the economic policy of Republican dreams.
So the Republican electoral strategy is, in effect, a gigantic con game: it depends on convincing voters that the bad economy is the result of big-spending policies that President Obama hasnt followed (in large part because the G.O.P. wouldnt let him), and that our woes can be cured by pursuing more of the same policies that have already failed.
For some reason, however, neither the press nor Mr. Obamas political team has done a very good job of exposing the con.
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That same obstructionist House majority effectively blackmailed the president into continuing all the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, so that federal taxes as a share of G.D.P. are near historic lows much lower, in particular, than at any point during Ronald Reagans presidency.
As I said, for all practical purposes this is already a Republican economy. more...
THIS is what Dems need to keep repeating: Republicon economy and obstructionists who need to be voted out and replaced.
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People will never understand that what we have now is exactly what the Republicans want
AndyA
Jun 2012
#3
agreed & repugs and Dems do have summer "off"---to fund raise---that means many Dems must be silent
wordpix
Jun 2012
#5
Krugmans strategy recomendations assume elected Democrats aren't happy being obstructed
FreeBC
Jun 2012
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