Remember when Republicans were worried about ‘economic uncertainty’?

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/30/remember-when-republicans-were-worried-about-economic-uncertainty/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein

By Lydia DePillis, Published: September 30 at 4:52 pmE-mail the writer

A government shutdown, and the prospect of a default on the national debt, is pretty much the definition of economic uncertainty. Contracts are put in limbo. Future interest rates are unknown. A new healthcare system lies in the balance. And meanwhile, a whole host of issues that businesses need resolved in order to plan several years in advance -- environmental regulation, immigration policy, the tax code -- go almost entirely unaddressed.

These are the conditions brought upon us by a small core of Republicans who can't let go of their opposition to a law their colleagues passed three years ago. And yet, not long ago, many of those same Republicans were declaring that uncertainty is the economy's biggest threat. Let's go to the tape:

- "I believe our mission as legislators is to liberate our economy from the things that impede growth...to provide clear policies, so that innovators and entrepreneurs have the green light to move forward and create jobs, without having to worry about second-guessing from Washington." - Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio), May 2011

- “Uncertainty is the enemy of our prosperity." - Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), December 2010

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[gopiscrap]

1. fucking hypocritical repuke asswipes!

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4. Remember the Democratic response.

Was it, "Absolutely, uncertainty is eating away our economy!"?

Naw. The overwhelming response was to say it wasn't uncertainty.

Now the positions are flipped for the same purpose--there's a way of blaming the other side and trying to say we've always held the moral high ground.

When both sides play the same game, it's hard to attribute a moral shortfall just to one side.

(I can claim the high ground here. I think uncertainty is bad. It was bad before. It's bad now. I think it's worse with the general tax code than with simple expenditures, though.)

[Laelth]

2. k&r for the truth. n/t

-Laelth

[louis-t]

3. Repug excuse for weak job growth is "uncertainty".

Remember 1,000 point swings in the Dow Jones in one day under Bush? Now THAT is uncertainty.