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If ever there were an indication of the influence exerted by Paul Krugman and his intellectual kin, take a look at this:
One day after Republicans rolled out a detailed proposal aimed at eliminating the federal deficit through steep cuts and repealing many of the president’s accomplishments, Mr. Obama told them pointedly in a rare visit that their highest fiscal priority was not his.
“Our biggest problems in the next 10 years are not deficits,” the president said, according to accounts from the meeting, bluntly rejecting an idea that has become Republican fiscal dogma…
Senator Patty Murray, the Washington Democrat and Senate Budget Committee chairwoman who outlined her budget on Wednesday, summed up her party’s objections to Republican austerity measures, which Democrats have said rob the country of needed investment.
“Deficit reduction at the expense of economic growth is doomed to failure,” she said.
Emphases mine. But mostly, Krugman’s.
Another gem from that piece:
“The president seemed to say, ‘If we’re going to do the areas we agree on, you have to also do some of mine,’ ” said Representative James Lankford of Oklahoma, bristling at Mr. Obama’s suggestion. “If we can find the areas we agree on, why can’t we just do those?”
Indeed, Sir Lankford. Why can’t we just enact all the policies that the party who just lost its second straight presidential election wants to implement? It’s truly a modern-day mystery.
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| Unchanged: <a href="http:// www.flickr.com/ photos/47422005@N04/7314510938" target="_blank"><img class="zemanta- img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" title="Paul Krugman - Caricature" alt="Paul Krugman - Caricature" src="http://farm8.static.flickr.com/ 7090/7314510938_ b119bca731_m.jpg" width="200" /></a> Paul Krugman. (Courtesy of DonkeyHotey.) | Unchanged: <a href="http:// www.flickr.com/ photos/47422005@N04/7314510938" target="_blank"><img class="zemanta- img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" title="Paul Krugman - Caricature" alt="Paul Krugman - Caricature" src="http://farm8.static.flickr.com/ 7090/7314510938_ b119bca731_m.jpg" width="200" /></a> Paul Krugman. (Courtesy of DonkeyHotey.) | ||
| Deleted: If ever there were an indication of the influence exerted by Paul Krugman and his intellectual kin, take a look at this: | Added: If ever there were an indication of the influence exerted by Paul Krugman and his intellectual kin, <a href="http:// www.nytimes.com/2013/03/14/ us/politics/obama-to-meet- with-house-gop- over-budget.html?hp" target="_blank">take a look at this</a>: | ||
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| Unchanged: <p itemprop="articleBody">One day after Republicans rolled out a detailed proposal aimed at eliminating the federal deficit through steep cuts and repealing many of the president’s accomplishments, Mr. Obama told them pointedly in a rare visit that their highest fiscal priority was not his.</p> | Unchanged: <p itemprop="articleBody">One day after Republicans rolled out a detailed proposal aimed at eliminating the federal deficit through steep cuts and repealing many of the president’s accomplishments, Mr. Obama told them pointedly in a rare visit that their highest fiscal priority was not his.</p> | ||
| Unchanged: <p itemprop="articleBody" >“<strong>Our biggest problems in the next 10 years are not deficits</strong>,” the president said, according to accounts from the meeting, bluntly rejecting an idea that has become Republican fiscal dogma...</p> | Unchanged: <p itemprop="articleBody" >“<strong>Our biggest problems in the next 10 years are not deficits</strong>,” the president said, according to accounts from the meeting, bluntly rejecting an idea that has become Republican fiscal dogma...</p> | ||
| Unchanged: <p itemprop="articleBody">Senator Patty Murray, the Washington Democrat and Senate Budget Committee chairwoman who outlined her budget on Wednesday, summed up her party’s objections to Republican austerity measures, which Democrats have said rob the country of needed investment.</p> | Unchanged: <p itemprop="articleBody">Senator Patty Murray, the Washington Democrat and Senate Budget Committee chairwoman who outlined her budget on Wednesday, summed up her party’s objections to Republican austerity measures, which Democrats have said rob the country of needed investment.</p> | ||
| Unchanged: <p itemprop="articleBody" >“<strong>Deficit reduction at the expense of economic growth is doomed to failure</strong>,” she said.</p> | Unchanged: <p itemprop="articleBody" >“<strong>Deficit reduction at the expense of economic growth is doomed to failure</strong>,” she said.</p> | ||
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| Unchanged: <p itemprop="articleBody">Emphases mine. But mostly, Krugman's.</p> | Unchanged: <p itemprop="articleBody">Emphases mine. But mostly, Krugman's.</p> | ||
| Unchanged: <p itemprop="articleBody">Another gem from that piece:</p> | Unchanged: <p itemprop="articleBody">Another gem from that piece:</p> | ||
| Unchanged: <blockquote> | Unchanged: <blockquote> | ||
| Unchanged: <p itemprop="articleBody">“The president seemed to say, ‘If we’re going to do the areas we agree on, you have to also do some of mine,’ ” said Representative James Lankford of Oklahoma, bristling at Mr. Obama’s suggestion. “If we can find the areas we agree on, why can’t we just do those?”</p> | Unchanged: <p itemprop="articleBody">“The president seemed to say, ‘If we’re going to do the areas we agree on, you have to also do some of mine,’ ” said Representative James Lankford of Oklahoma, bristling at Mr. Obama’s suggestion. “If we can find the areas we agree on, why can’t we just do those?”</p> | ||
| Unchanged: </blockquote> | Unchanged: </blockquote> | ||
| Unchanged: <p itemprop="articleBody">Indeed, Sir Lankford. Why can't we just enact all the policies that the party who just lost its second straight presidential election wants to implement? It's truly a modern-day mystery.</p> | Unchanged: <p itemprop="articleBody">Indeed, Sir Lankford. Why can't we just enact all the policies that the party who just lost its second straight presidential election wants to implement? It's truly a modern-day mystery.</p> | ||
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