Paul Krugman on the used-to-be middle class.

[Scuba]

[babylonsister]

1. YES! I'm all for a

jobs program, rebuilding America. What could go wrong?

[Doctor_J]

2. Back when Krugman was a liberal

now he's for mandatory private health insurance. Hopefully he won't get on the TPP bandwagon.

K&R

[cthulu2016]

4. That's a ridiculous slander

Have you reason to believe that Krugman has ever said he is for "mandatory private health insurance" as the best solution to the healthcare problem?

I have reason to believe that he never has.

Like, ever. He has been nothing if not consistent on the vaaaaast preferability of single-payer.

So what is the problem? That he isn't rolling around in the street bleating that Obamacare is worse than the status quo?

Do you believe that Obamacare is worse than the status quo? (Hint: It is not.)

[Doctor_J]

5. But this is how the real power brokers get their way

The ACA is Big Insurance's wildest dream come true. But due to the fact that it was passed by a Dem president, many otherwise sane liberal people have gotten on board. And make no mistake, it's never going to get "fixed" to where it's SP. Big Insurance's 20% (at least) slice of the pie is there for the foreseeable future. It should be abhorrent to any American who thinks health care is a right. 600 billion dollars per year to the insurance industry is too high a price to pay to support a Dem president, especially one who declares, "Insurance companies have a right to make a profit".

The quote in the OP is true. So Krugman and the rest of the handful of liberals who still write for the traditional press should be screaming for the president to act more like FDR and less like Reagan and Rmoney.

[jwirr]

3. Absolutely.

[MannyGoldstein]

6. Did you hear that Krugman was invited to the White House to consult on the economy?

Me neither.

[reformist2]

7. Very true. Capitalism creates a pyramid structured society. Redistribution gives you the diamond.