I have a very, very limited reader base for this here blog, but once in a while I feel it is my duty to use whatever small Bully pulpit I have to say something actually important.
Please, if you’re a citizen of the United States, do not fall for the mindless, xenophobicly based economic policy rhetoric that the people associated with the socalled Tea Party movement have been promulgating. It has nothing to do with sound economic thought and everything to do with the usual hyper partisan players exploiting people’s incomplete understanding of the underpinnings of global economics (99% of us fall into this category, me included) to further their agenda.
Yes giant deficits are bad. But there is a preponderance of evidence that some times, these times, they are necessary. I caught Sean Hannity the other night and the amount of vitriol and manipulation in his words terrified me. That guy is a snake of A#1 caliber and he has no f^8#in clue what makes good fiscal policy.
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