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George Orwell? Examples— Quotes from Paul Krugman’s Opinion-Editorial, NYTimes, Sunday, 15 February, 2009: “ By any normal political standards, this week’s Congressional agreement on an economic stimulus package was a great victory for President Obama. He got more or less what he asked for: almost $800 billion to rescue the economy, with most of the money allocated to spending rather than tax cuts. Break out the Champagne! ” “And the politics of the stimulus fight have made nonsense of Mr. Obama’s postpartisan dreams.” “One might have expected Republicans to act at least slightly chastened in these early days of the Obama administration, given both their drubbing in the last two elections and the economic debacle of the past eight years.” “ But it’s now clear that the party’s commitment to deep voodoo . . . is as strong as ever.” “ . . . abject failure of the Bush administration’s tax cuts . . .” “ . . . cost substantially less than either the Bush administration’s $2 trillion in tax cuts or the $1 trillion and counting spent in Iraq . . .” “ It’s ‘generational theft,’ said Senator John McCain, just a few days after voting for tax cuts that would, over the next decade, have cost about four times as much.” “And the ugliness of the political debate matters . . . if, as seems likely, the stimulus bill proves inadequate.” “ And I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach . . . The best may not lack all conviction, . . . And the worst are, as ever, full of passionate intensity, oblivious to the grotesque failure of their doctrine in practice.” Print Krugman Article: February 13, 2009, page A31, New York Times. “ Since World War I — the start of the modern financial era — we’ve suffered four major downturns. In three Paul Krugman’s Fiery Trousers! ![]() Paul Krugman debunks Antistimulus Arguments. The Gold Standard and the Great Depression. Stimulate incentives for creating Real Jobs! “ The only way the American economy is going to regain its lost health and vitality is to lead the world into the future. Entrepreneurs are the only people who can get us there.” Joseph Schumpeter recognized the value of Creative Destruction. A-B-Cs of B00tlegging to giddy, “Greedy Wall Street bankers.” How Capitalism Saved America. Everything You Love You Owe to Capitalism! Consistent, systematic behavior is oriented by ideas “Systematic “Systematic bureaucratic killing that took place over years” was made possible by “ Ideologies that announce their devotion to the race, the nation, and even freedom and democracy.” “Socialism’s victims are left without the means to draw goods to themselves to meet their basic needs. They become entirely dependent on bureaucratic distribution.” Should conservatives start their own party? Reagan-lite act of omission. How the GOP Should Prepare for a Comeback. A child of the old woman who had so many children that she didn’t know what to do, observed: “ You need to get into another person’s shoe, to understand how they think.” “ From each, according to ability, To each, according to need.” Increase Taxes— collected from wealthy people, “ because that’s where the money is.” The Willie Sutton tax seems patriotic, instead of Communistic. The Golden Rule suggests the relation of cause—effect. Mini people desire to be stimulated, without considering the stimulating effect upon those who are approached by an enthusiastic mob of re The High-Tax prescription for Prosperity was applied during the Roman Empire. If, they had only taxed wealthy people, Roman citizens may have been motivated to fight— and prevent Atilla and barbarians from sacking Rome? Observations on the Causes of the Decline of Ancient Civilization: “ The freedom that Rome granted to commerce and trade had always been restricted.” “ It was deemed unfair and immoral to ask for grain, oil, and wine, the staples of these ages, more than the customary prices, and the municipal authorities were quick to check what they considered profiteering.” “ The interference of the authorities upset the adjustment of supply to the rising demand.” “ The system of the leiturgia, the public services to be rendered by the wealthy citizens, only accelerated the retrogression of the division of labor. “ The policy of interventionism and its political corollary, the Fuhrer principle, decomposed the mighty empire as they will by necessity always disintegrate and destroy any social entity.” “ In his 1960 book The Law and the Profits, C. Northcote Parkinson noted that bureaucracies, public and private, will usually find ways to spend pretty much whatever money comes in.” Essay by Parkinson: TIME TO CHOOSE; CONFIDENCE OR GOLD. (HTML Format.) Why the States Are Broke, Bloated governments, budget gaps, and Parkinson's laws. The Needists. Slave Politics. Why government grows. |