On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Robert Naiman < [email protected]> wrote:
> Look on the bright side: it's good to remind the democratic socialist > masses every now and then that Krugman is not a reliable ally. :) > Is Krugman angling for a Cabinet position in a Hillary administration? He would sure be a big improvement over Larry Summers, but if you have to sell your soul for it.. -raghu. On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 10:38 AM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: > Krugman shows his political side every once in a while and when he does, > it is never pretty.. > http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/19/weakened-at-bernies/ > ------------------------snip > > On health care: leave on one side the virtual impossibility of achieving > single-payer. Beyond the politics, the Sanders “plan” isn’t just lacking in > detail; as Ezra Klein notes > <http://www.vox.com/2016/1/17/10784528/bernie-sanders-single-payer-health-care>, > it both promises more comprehensive coverage than Medicare or for that > matter single-payer systems in other countries, and assumes huge cost > savings that are at best unlikely given that kind of generosity. This lets > Sanders claim that he could make it work with much lower middle-class taxes > than would probably be needed in practice. > > To be harsh but accurate: the Sanders health plan looks a little bit like > a standard Republican tax-cut plan, which relies on fantasies about huge > supply-side effects to make the numbers supposedly add up. Only a little > bit: after all, this is a plan seeking to provide health care, not lavish > windfalls on the rich — and single-payer really does save money, whereas > there’s no evidence that tax cuts deliver growth. Still, it’s not the kind > of brave truth-telling the Sanders campaign pitch might have led you to > expect. > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > >
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