NY Times columnist (Krugman) sees gloom in America's future

[huckleberry]

Tue September 16, 2003 06:02 PM ET
By Mark Egan

NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) -

... The New York Times pays op-ed columnist Paul Krugman to ruffle feathers. The Princeton University economist has been writing for the Times since 1999 -- work now compiled in his latest book "The Great Unraveling."

In it, Krugman says Bush lied during his 2000 presidential campaign, lied once he took office, turned a record budget surplus into the biggest deficit to line the pockets of the rich and abused the public's patriotism after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

"Bush is a leader of a movement that wants to smash the system as we know it, the social contract, the safety net that was built up since Franklin Roosevelt," Krugman said in an interview late on Monday before a party to launch his book.

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"The Bushies just say black is white and up is down," Krugman said of the current president. "The Orwellian character of these people is very disturbing."

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If Bush loses his job in the 2004 election, Krugman said, the day may yet be saved. But if he wins reelection to the White House, an economic meltdown will become "inevitable."

more at
http://reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?storyID=3455978&type=bondsNews

[Brucey]

1. Exactly, started with Raygun.

Taxes are bad. Must give money to people who it belongs to: the rich. Doesn't matter how they got it, it's theirs now and forever. Must give national treasury to the wealthy. Why? To destroy the government programs such as Social Security; starve them out. This is why deficit is good. Will force Congress to slash social programs.

[zonmoy]

2. americas future.

But if he wins reelection to the White House, an economic meltdown will become "inevitable."

Only that But if that happens how long do you think it will take until brownshirted thugs are running around our streets terrorizing minorities and any dissenters.

[pansypoo53219]

3. Bushit

is taking us to a USSR ending. toot suite.

[Beetwasher]

4. I'm Amazed and Ecstatic

That Krugman's views are getting spread around on wire services...I have hope that things are looking up...