Wojtek
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote:
> Wojtek writes:
>
>> I like Krugman but I think he is inaccurate if not plainly
>> wrong on this one. Santorum & Co may be *talking* bad things
>> about public education, but Krugman's favorite Obama and his
>> administration are actually *doing* bad things to it by promoting
>> privatization.
>
>
> I'm not sure that makes him wrong; do you have any indication that it's
> "just talk" from the GOP candidates? I think it would be much worse than it
> presently is if their "talk" were to become policy. Which makes his point
> still correct, if a little disingenuous. He called it "a hard right turn
> against" (heh), when he should have said *a harder right turn against* ...
>
> ---
>
> The real issue I have with Krugman is that his politics, unlike his
> economics, are weak. He's an Obama True Believer, to be sure. And it
> clouds his writing whenever the subject comes up. He's much better when he
> talks economics.
>
> /jordan
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