Krugman:
> Back in the 1980s — I suspect it was in Mark Alan Stamaty’s
> Washingtoon, but can’t be sure — there was a joke about Democrats
> laying out their new platform. The principles of the platform were tax
> cuts for the rich, big spending on the military, and cuts in programs
> that help the poor and workers. One Democrat asked, “How does this
> make us different from the Republicans.” The answer was, “Compassion:
> we care about the victims of our policies.”