There Will Be Blood
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Former Senator Alan Simpson is a Very Serious Person. He must be — after all, President Obama appointed him as co-chairman of a special commission on deficit reduction.
So here’s what the very serious Mr. Simpson said on Friday: “I can’t wait for the blood bath in April. ... When debt limit time comes, they’re going to look around and say, ‘What in the hell do we do now? We’ve got guys who will not approve the debt limit extension unless we give ’em a piece of meat, real meat,’ ” meaning spending cuts. “And boy, the blood bath will be extraordinary,” he continued.
Think of Mr. Simpson’s blood lust as one more piece of evidence that our nation is in much worse shape, much closer to a political breakdown, than most people realize.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/opinio...ugman.html
I think Paul Krugman makes some valid points within the article. Difficult to say who these economically unsophisticated GOP and Tea Party members are going to hurt I have no doubt they will do it. Sometimes it seems to me that the GOP and those who vote for them are missing both a compassion and empathy gene.
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Former Senator Alan Simpson is a Very Serious Person. He must be — after all, President Obama appointed him as co-chairman of a special commission on deficit reduction.
So here’s what the very serious Mr. Simpson said on Friday: “I can’t wait for the blood bath in April. ... When debt limit time comes, they’re going to look around and say, ‘What in the hell do we do now? We’ve got guys who will not approve the debt limit extension unless we give ’em a piece of meat, real meat,’ ” meaning spending cuts. “And boy, the blood bath will be extraordinary,” he continued.
Think of Mr. Simpson’s blood lust as one more piece of evidence that our nation is in much worse shape, much closer to a political breakdown, than most people realize.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/opinio...ugman.html
I think Paul Krugman makes some valid points within the article. Difficult to say who these economically unsophisticated GOP and Tea Party members are going to hurt I have no doubt they will do it. Sometimes it seems to me that the GOP and those who vote for them are missing both a compassion and empathy gene.
