Speaking of red-state's reliance on gov't programs:
"But why do regions that rely on the safety net elect politicians who want to tear it down? ...
Cornell University's Suzanne Mettler points out that many beneficiaries of government programs seem confused about their own place in the system. She tells us that 44 percent of Social Security ...
From Mark Thoma in Economist's View today, writing of the observation that some well known and accomplished economists use selective economics to support their ideological agenda ...
From Krugman's blog today
"Truly, our public discourse has been entirely about problems we don?t have, at the expense of dealing with the problems we do have."
This is not by accident or chance, rather it's a designed and executed maneuver to flank ...
You may or may not have noticed that since early this calender year there has been almost no national media (TV or print) stories or updates on either New Unemployment Claims or CPI. This is in contrast to the prior year where these items were broadcast widely every week (Unemployment Claims) and month (CPI).