[lbo-talk] T-Paw's Google test

[Doug Henwood]

There is no end to the idiocy. This, from Tim Pawlenty (via Mike Allen): "I know government can cut spending, because I did it in Minnesota. I cut state spending in real terms for the first time in our state's history. ... We can start by applying what I call 'The Google Test.' If you can find a good or service on the Internet, then the federal government probably doesn't need to be doing it. The post office, the government printing office, Amtrak, Fannie and Freddie, were all built for a time in our country when the private sector did not adequately provide those products. That's no longer the case."