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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKrugman: Jeb is wrong about Trump's economics
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/07/opinion/paul-krugman-trump-is-right-on-economics.html?_r=0And heres whats interesting: all indications are that Mr. Bushs attacks on Mr. Trump are falling flat, because the Republican base doesnt actually share the Republican establishments economic delusions.
The thing is, we didnt really know that until Mr. Trump came along. The influence of big-money donors meant that nobody could make a serious play for the G.O.P. nomination without pledging allegiance to supply-side doctrine, and this allowed the establishment to imagine that ordinary voters shared its antipopulist creed. Indeed, Mr. Bushs hapless attempt at a takedown suggests that his political team still doesnt get it, and thinks that pointing out The Donalds heresies will be enough to doom his campaign.
But Mr. Trump, who is self-financing, didnt need to genuflect to the big money, and it turns out that the base doesnt mind his heresies. This is a real revelation, which may have a lasting impact on our politics.
Again, Im not making a case for Mr. Trump. There are lots of other politicians out there who also refuse to buy into right-wing economic nonsense, but who do so without proposing to scour the countryside in search of immigrants to deport, or to rip up our international economic agreements and start a trade war. The point, however, is that none of these reasonable politicians is seeking the Republican presidential nomination.
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Krugman: Jeb is wrong about Trump's economics (Original Post)
eridani
Sep 2015
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madokie
(51,076 posts)1. If tRump is self financing his campaign
My question is how long before his bankruptcy begins
I just don't think he has that much liquid money laying around to continue for much longer.
tavernier
(12,375 posts)2. What self financing?
He's being financed by the media so far. He may not have to spend a nickle if they continue the free 24/7 advertising.
Vincardog
(20,234 posts)3. Who is proposing we "rip up our international economic agreements and start a trade war" which
Candidate?