[lbo-talk] Krugman: The Zombies Who Ate Alan Simpson's Brain

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jun 23 09:01:15 PDT 2010


On Jun 23, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Max Sawicky wrote:


> Granted repayment or default on the bonds is a political matter, hence
> 'money of the mind,' but as Daniel Moynihan said in one of his
> infrequent
> spasms of lucidity, if people believe the Trust Fund is meaningless
> and the
> program broken, it's easier to take it away.
>
> Ergo dogging the Trust Fund is unhelpful.

So let's lie about it instead?



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