So the debate is over, and Krugman won. Did anybody tell the President?

[djean111]

4. Bwahahahaha!

First, I am given to understand that the president's budget is totally meaningless, and will never happen - except I am to cheer for the "good stuff" - which I can only assume is never meant to happen either - sort of like getting warm fuzzies when Miss North Dakota says she wants Whirled Peas. Miss North Dakota is as powerless as the president, really.

Second - it doesn't matter if Krugman gives a State of the Incorrect Lying Austerity Spreadsheet on all TV channels - ABC, PBS, HBO, the channel where people catch giant catfish with their bare hands - the real objective is for the rich to pay less taxes and for the government to provide less services and oversight. Washington doesn't need no steenkin' spreadsheet.

The Kissinger and Thatcher way of running things still rules.