(Guest post by Greg Forster)
I just got caught up reading the last 24 hours’ worth of Jim Geraghty over on NRO, and it’s a cornucopia of posts that relate directly to a variety of topics we’ve been discussing here on JPGB:
Jim: “Say, fellows . . . when the central argument that the president uses to defend $838 billion or so in new spending is a lie, isn’t that news? Shouldn’t that be something of a big deal?”
In case the president is interested, Jay has proposed an alternative to the stimulus, although he has also noted that even doing nothing would be better than a stimulus bill.
Which I take as evidence that even the bill’s supporters don’t expect it will have a stimulative effect on the economy, as we’ve discussed; they’re supporting it because it’s a forty-year wish list of liberal fantasies and payoffs.
By which time he hopes the economy will have turned around on its own, so that the improvement can be attributed to the “stimulus,” just like Jay has pointed out.
This slander was debunked within days of the collapse, as we’ve noted. The real reason it collapsed is because “infrastructure” spending goes where politics dictates, not where there are real needs for improved infrastructure. So more spending doesn’t produce improved results.
And speaking of how infrastructure spending is really spent…
Jim reminds us that the Post, even while admitting that Murtha was a profound embarrasment, endorsed him on grounds that he delivered “infrastructure” pork to his district.
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Really!? Obama is lying because he referred to a “set of folks” who think the government should do nothing? And this, while technically true, unfairly characterizes opponents of his version of the stimulus package as do-nothings! Get out!!
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I liked your post but I wanted to talk about something different. I agree with what you said. This bailout makes mill ill.
Did you catch this shyt?
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/4193/the_failed_prophet
The link is to an article called “The Failed Prophet” by Bernie Sanders, and it rips Milton.
Milton was interested in the war of ideas. He would take on people in debate. Now that he is dead some people like to tread on his grave. Those people never would have said a thing if he was still alive. Bernie Sanders is such a lightweight. When I hear Naomi Klein I want to throw up. Like they could have survived one debate with the man.
Milton is my hero. He wasn’t a big government guy. Now that big government has caused all the problems and he passed away people want to lay the blame on him. I remember watching Barney Frank and the people at the root of the Fannie/Freddie fiasco go on camera to blame Bush and the Republicans. These people really know no shame. They also know no history and no economics. They are in charge and it is a nightmare.
Newsweek says that “We are all socialists now”. During the campaign the Dems and Obama held a parade as moderates, and the knowing media went along. If you called Obama a socialist it was a code word or something. Now that the election is over we are all f’ing socialists? I am having a hard time curtailing my drinking problem. Sometimes it sucks even for an alcoholic clown.