Paul Krugman is out today in his blog reminding us of one of the biggest lies floated by the Republican party lately. To wit: "the zombie claim that fears of regulation are holding back job creation." There is "not a shred of evidence" to uphold this assertion, but evidence has never been a matter of great concern to the Republicans. Over the past few years, the old adage about the big lie is being proven over and over again. This stuff about regulations stifling the creation of jobs is no more absurd than the claim that the current state of the economy is something that Obama is responsible for (and not the ruinous Bush administration policies) or that the richest people in our society, who have to be protected from taxation, are job creators. Or the biggest falsehood of all: that the Republican party is honestly concerned about providing jobs during this recession rather than making as much political hay as they can so they can regain power next year. Yeah, I know you cannot believe any politicians, regardless of party. But, come on, there's a limit to the lies they should be allowed to tell.
Krugman references this article which totally debunks the Republicans' claim. Stomps all over it. Thoroughly proves it to be just another lump of bullshit the GOP are feeding us and calling it roast beef. What's truly discouraging is how many people are swallowing it down and asking for more. It's not made sense to me for many months.
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Times of Stress are the breeding grounds for the Big Lie, because people will believe anything whatsoever to reduce the level of tension, to assuage their fear.
They are in a panic attack and need to grasp onto something simple, easy, and facile...
what could be easier than removing all regulations - they are only laws! - and having the good time roll again!
It's the same kind of search for security and release from fear that produced the fascists in the 1920s. National socialism provided just the formula: a scapegoat, supernationalism, a torrent of lies, a police state. Does this sound familiar to you?
Very familiar... my daughter was recently in Naples and the garbage is out of control. (Google on "Naples garbage" if you wish).
Italy may be first again, and have a Duce who doesn't make the trains run on time, but who has the garbage picked up...
The break down of free governments lead to tyranny... and on time trains and clean streets.
I fear we're going to be witnessing the breakdown of vital public services and catastrophic infrastructure failures in the not too distant future as the true dimensions of this recession (I think it's a depression, but what's in a name?) become evident. It's going to take something like this for most of the dullards in this country to wake up.
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