Krugman: Pathos of the Plutocrat

[Newsjock]

Source: New York Times

... Because the rich are different from you and me, many of them are incredibly self-centered. They don’t even see how funny it is — how ridiculous they look — when they attribute the weakness of a $15 trillion economy to their own hurt feelings. After all, who’s going to tell them? They’re safely ensconced in a bubble of deference and flattery.

Unless, that is, they run for public office.

... There are plenty of very rich Americans who have a sense of perspective, who take pride in their achievements without believing that their success entitles them to live by different rules.

But Mitt Romney, it seems, isn’t one of those people. And that discovery may be an even bigger issue than whatever is hidden in those tax returns he won’t release.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/20/opinion/krugman-pathos-of-the-plutocrat.html

[jimlup]

1. Awesome as usual - Go Paul!

[Aviation Pro]

2. The rich that act...

....like a horse's ass were raised that way. Lurch the Fucking Stiff^TM and Horsey Wife fit that model.

[enough]

3. One of Krugman's best. (nt)

[ananda]

4. He is so right.

I don't think Romney had a clue what would happen
until he actually started running for office.

[ProSense]

5. This:

Like everyone else following the news, I’ve been awe-struck by the way questions about Mr. Romney’s career at Bain Capital, the private-equity firm he founded, and his refusal to release tax returns have so obviously caught the Romney campaign off guard....while we don’t know what Mr. Romney is hiding in earlier returns, the fact that he is still stonewalling despite calls by Republicans as well as Democrats to come clean suggests that it could be something seriously damaging.