Binders full of veterans
By now we’ve all enjoyed a few strolls on Memory Lane and relived moments in which liberals pointed to the VA as the idea future of health care reform. (If you haven’t had enough yet, here’s one with some good
Tag: Paul Krugman
Sarah Palin: VA Scandal Future of Obamacare If Democrats Not Voted Out
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said President Barack Obama’s Veterans Administration scandal involving 40 veterans who reportedly died after they were put on secret waiting lists represents Obamacare’s future if Democrats are not voted out of office. “Friends, that’s rationed
Ben Bernanke Inks Book Deal Worth at Least $1 Million
NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Bernanke, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, has a book deal worth at least $1 million, The Associated Press has learned. Bernanke’s agreement is with publisher W.W. Norton & Co. for a book
The Nuclear Option — Next: Rich Intellectuals Want Global IRS to Fight Income Inequality
A French “thinker” writes a book about global poverty and, predictably, The New York Times goes limp in the knees. All out was the putsch last week by the Gray Lady’s opinion staff to promote the book aimed at toppling
Paul Krugman, Bill Kristol Debate Income Inequality
On Sunday’s broadcast of ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol and New York Times columnist and economist Paul Krugman debated the topic of income inequality as it pertained the recently released book by Thomas Picketty,
Paul Krugman: America Becoming an 'Ugly,' 'Oligarchy'; Supports Global Wealth Tax
New York Times columnist and economist Paul Krugman joined PBS’s Bill Moyers to discuss a new book that highlights income inequality in America, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” by Thomas Piketty. Krugman said America is becoming an oligarchy with those
Krugman claims the standard elite exemption
In response to Paul Krugman Offered ‘Comfortable Perch’ to Focus on Income Inequality: It’s hard to top “Krugman gets paid $25,000 a month to think about income inequality” as a comedic headline, especially given the hilariously light workload placed upon
Paul Krugman Offered 'Comfortable Perch' to Focus on Income Inequality
Left-wing columnist and professor Paul Krugman has a new job by City University of New York. The university is paying him $225,000 a year to teach on the subject of income inequality. Gawker reports that CUNY offered Krugman $225,000 a
Paul Krugman's Asymmetric Stupidity
Paul Krugman published a blog post yesterday titled “Asymmetric Stupidity” which argues that it’s primarily conservatives who suffer from epistemic closure. Here’s the core of Krugman’s thin argument: Here’s the thing: the lived experience is that this effect is not,
Government Austerity Drives Private Sector Growth
The Obama Administration screamed during the government shutdown last October that cutting federal spending would tank the economy and lead to higher unemployment, but the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced that despite a huge 4.6% quarterly cut in federal spending over
Reason TV: Why Texas Is Booming — How Low Taxes, Small Gov't Are Transforming the Lone Star State
ReasonTV: “A state like this where you see so much growth and so much change…having a limited government apparatus on top of that and a robust private sector has been really good for us,” says Erica Grieder, senior editor of Texas
300,000-Member Union Drops Bombshell Obamacare Report
The 300,000-member union that was the first to endorse then-Senator Barack Obama has released a devastating Obamacare report that says Obama’s controversial healthcare program will slash worker wages by up to $5 an hour, reduce worker hours, and exacerbate income
Paul Krugman Moves Down the Academic Food Chain from Princeton to CUNY
In a surprising move, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman announced in his New York Times blog last week that he is moving his academic home from Princeton University to the City University of New York (CUNY) in 2015. Though the two
Krugman Scoop: They Use ACTORS in Campaign Ads!
Paul Krugman, as usual, is leading the left media through the looking-glass–and this time the distortions are not only bizarre but deeply disturbing. Krugman argued several days ago that many of the Obamacare “horror stories” are, in fact, “hooey.” That
Obamacare Skyrockets Cancer Patient's Meds to $14,000
In an emotional Sunday Wall Street Journal editorial, Ralston College President Stephen Blackwood wrote that Obamacare has made his mother’s cancer battle a nightmare that will “accelerate her disease and death.” He detailed how her Obamacare plan no longer covers the
'Job lock' and supply-side economics
Back when that H-bomb of a Congressional Budget Office forecast landed on ObamaCare, and panicked Democrats began running around like maniacs and burbling that unemployment is the essence of freedom, I thought they were making a huge and dangerous concession
Washington & Wall Street: Income Inequality Starts with Inflation and Public Debt
Last week, I spent a very enjoyable hour with my friend Barry Ritholtz, an American author, newspaper columnist, blogger, equities analyst, CIO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, and guest commentator on Bloomberg Television. He is just starting a new radio program
Krugman's Nobel Follies: Unions and Unemployment
It is not unheard of for Nobel Prize winners to do things that call their early achievements into question. It’s easy to name examples among the Peace Prize laureates–who are but politicians, after all–but the intellectual winners do it, too. Chemist
NY Times Revives the 'Tone' Argument on Christie Bridge Scandal
The NY Times wasted no time today making a connection between a political scandal Gov. Christie said he knew nothing about and his “confrontational style.” Today the Times posted a video combining a series of Christie confrontations with hecklers going
50th Anniversary of Federal Govt's Failed War on Poverty, Part One
Fifty years after President Johnson launched his “War on Poverty,” it is time to stop pretending and start doing something real for the poor. Mitt Romney said during the 2012 presidential campaign: “I’m not concerned about the very poor. We
'The Wolf of Wall Street' Review: Scorsese Skewers Greed Sans Speeches
Martin Scorsese never stops his new, three-hour film The Wolf of Wall Street to sermonize against the evils of capitalism. The Oscar-winning director is too good a storyteller to stumble into that ideological bear trap. Instead, he lets the life
Washington & Wall Street: 'Bitcoin Economy' Surges, Real Economy Deflates
Last week, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) told the financial markets what they wanted to hear, namely that the Federal Reserve is going to moderate massive purchases of Treasury debt and mortgage securities. The news of the “tapering” of
Profile of the Original 'Welfare Queen'
Ronald Reagan told the story of a benefit stealing “welfare queen” back in 1976 to argue for smaller, leaner government. Liberals have complained about the generalization ever since. Paul Krugman called it a “bogus story” as recently as 2007. It
The Volker Rule: It's No Panacea
As America was entering World War I, Joe Young and Sam Lewis wrote a song that became a huge hit at the time: “How ‘Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm (After They’ve Seen Paree).” Something similar happened in
Big Insurance Companies to Pour $500 Million into Obamacare Ads
The health insurance giants that donated millions to get President Barack Obama elected are enjoying record profits amid the Obamacare debacle and are projected to pour an estimated $500 million in 2014 into Obamacare advertising designed to score even greater
