Krugman- The Con Goes On

[n2doc]

I wondered recently whether Paul Ryan, who is a con man pure and simple, would be able to step right back into his role as Washington’s favorite Honest, Serious Conservative.

Well, Alec MacGillis appears to have the answer: Foreign Policy Magazine has named Ryan one of its top 10 global thinkers.

And people wonder why I’m so caustic about the Very Serious People.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/the-con-goes-on/

[snappyturtle]

1. Paul Ryan should be shoved out of Washington back to Janesville to learn how

to operate heavy equipment. Maybe if he worked for a living his attitude would change and sync with the American workers.

[sheshe2]

6. Don't make the poor people of Janesville suffer so...

They don't want him either.

I suggest he goes to Hell.

[snappyturtle]

8. I did think of that however, I liked watching him labor. He thinks he labors now...ha! nt

[sheshe2]

12. LOL!

I heard rumors that labor can get pretty hot in Hell...they have Unions don't ya know!

[Angry Dragon]

2. I think that was stinker .......... for all the feces that comes out of his mouth

[ProSense]

3. Didn't they

name Ron Paul one year?

[ladjf]

4. Ryan is an idiot. nt

[Solly Mack]

5. Snicker.

Did Gumby also make the list?

[kentuck]

7. The con goes on but it is worse than before the election.

The election meant nothing. It was a waste of time.

[bluestate10]

10. This is what Howard Dean Thinks. Good information even on NewsMax.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Dean-cliff-over-deficit/2012/11/29/id/465878

[Jim Lane]

13. Unfortunately, Dean appears to be buying into the deficit hysteria to at least some extent.

He says the fiscal cliff isn't really all that bad because it will effect significant deficit reduction. That's the very reason it is bad. The standard Keynesian view is that the combination of tax increases and spending cuts will reduce aggregate demand and therefore either slow the already-tepid recovery or, even worse, push us back into recession.

Of course, Dean is right that going over the cliff would be better than some of the alternatives that are being bruited about. Nevertheless, it's a fundamental error to evaluate all the options -- the cliff and various anti-cliff deals -- solely or even primarily from the point of view of deficit reduction.

[Uncle Joe]

11. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, n2doc.