4 thoughts on “Monday Open Thread”

1. reaganomics killed the American middle class http://www.salon.com/2014/04/19/reaganomics_killed_americas_middle_class_partner/

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   1. But he created a terrific sunny persona so….

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2. Paul Krugman with useful insights into the race for the White House (this is the end summary, the beginning of the article succinctly lays out the stark differences between Democratic and GOP policies, and are a must read):

   Now, some people won’t want to acknowledge that the choices in the 2016 election are as stark as I’ve asserted. Political commentators who specialize in covering personalities rather than issues will balk at the assertion that their alleged area of expertise matters not at all. Self-proclaimed centrists will look for a middle ground that doesn’t actually exist. And as a result, we’ll hear many assertions that the candidates don’t really mean what they say. There will, however, be an asymmetry in the way this supposed gap between rhetoric and real views is presented.

   On one side, suppose that Ms. Clinton is indeed the Democratic nominee. If so, you can be sure that she’ll be accused, early and often, of insincerity, of not being the populist progressive she claims to be.

   On the other side, suppose that the Republican nominee is a supposed moderate like Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio. In either case we’d be sure to hear many assertions from political pundits that the candidate doesn’t believe a lot of what he says. But in their cases this alleged insincerity would be presented as a virtue, not a vice — sure, Mr. Bush is saying crazy things about health care and climate change, but he doesn’t really mean it, and he’d be reasonable once in office. Just like his brother.

   Because you know, nobody would be crazy enough to vote for a candidate that wants to strip away our health insurance, social security, medicare, economic security, our children’s health and safety and personal freedoms, as the GOP candidates all advocate, would they?

   http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/13/opinion/it-takes-a-party.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region&region=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region&_r=0

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   1. Too bad there’s no “like” button .

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