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Actually, I’m told @RepGutierrez has lost a lot of cred w/ his audience. Told them all to sign up for this exec amnesty, then .. nothing
Monthly Archives: November 2015
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According to Twitter Analytics, my “likes” have tanked since they switched from stars to hearts. Wonder if that’s true across Twitter.
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5th Circuit opinion goes further than lower court-holds Obama/DHS “lacked legal authority for their action” politico.com/story/2015/11/…
23 Krugman’s Modesty (not a joke!)
White Mischief: In a heartening spasm of modesty, Paul Krugman seems to admit that the standard liberal menu of policy goals — “universal health care, higher minimum wages, aid to education, and so on” — are not sufficient to address the large social problem revealed by the Deaton and Case study on rising death rates among American middle-aged whites, especially those with fewer skills. (“At this point you probably expect me to offer a solution,” Krugman writes, “But … “)
P.S. Assiduous tweeter Richard Yeselson nevertheless rises to defend the incrementalist liberal welfare state agenda, even in the context of the White Despair problem:
Let’s just get to the German level (forget Scandinavia), then we can sort out the other issues. This is the *easy* stuff.
Hmm. The deck chairs on the Titanic were the ‘easy stuff’! Krugman’s agenda items aren’t deck chairs, but they don’t look like lifeboats either.** I’d like to know what we’re going to do about the iceberg.
P.P.S.: “What is the ‘iceberg,’?” Yeselson asks. A: The iceberg is what Krugman (and Douthat) are writing about, namely workers losing what Deaton calls “the narrative of their lives” because the American economy and culture are not providing the means and meaning they’d expected, probably due to large “tectonic forces” (like technology) that are beyond easy political control. Simple economic growth — even growth with low unemployment rates, as now — doesn’t seem to be the answer for these people. A Krugman-style admission that we don’t know what the answer is seems like a heartening first step. ***
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** — ‘Hey, we now have the social safety net of a “mid-level OECD country.” Doesn’t that make you feel better about your life?’
*** — I especially don’t see how increased lower-skiled immigration, which inevitably depresses the wages of lower-skilled workers, will even partially cure this “White Despair” problem. I know immigration is sometimes offered up as a solution to the prospect of “secular stagnation.” I can see where it could stimulate overall growth (i.e., higher GDP). But I don’t see how more immgrants will help the struggling, unskilled middle aged folks whose low-skill labor market they flood, and who are now showing up dead. But maybe there is some magical property of immigration I’m missing. …
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At the crucial moment, @murphymike swivels and throws his $100M behind Pataki-Huntsman. It’s all going as planned. twitter.com/davidfrum/stat…
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In NH, Hillary Clinton boasts about voting for the border fence “numerous times.” #youdontneedaweatherman americarisingpac.org/in-nh-clinton-…
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Why are we sure it’s “lib media” trying to take down Carson & Rubio and not, you know, their GOP opponents’? twitter.com/marklevinshow/…
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MO’ RUBIO FUDGING & FINESSING-THIS TIME ON TRADE-“Marco Rubio Distances Himslf from TPP as ‘Pillar’ of His Presdncy” breitbart.com/big-government…
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You know all the ads abt the need 2 fight ID theft? Someone should tell IRS-w/ won’t tell U if your SS # being used nationalreview.com/corner/426717/…
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Weak hed! Does not convey how shocking IRS conduct is here:/”Adventures in Immigration Non-Enforcement” natl.re/UAZjdg
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If @realDonaldTrump can’t make hay w/ this: IRS won’t tell you when someone’s using your SS# –to help illegals! nationalreview.com/corner/426717/…
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Maybe “deporting immigrants” won’t solve the Despair Problem–but hard to see how importing millions *more* helps nyti.ms/1MRzEvh
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Krugman recognizes lib ec agenda-“univ health care, higher min wages, aid 2 educ., & so on” not gonna solve problem nyti.ms/1MRzEvh
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Public was fixated w/ rise of ISIS but White House posted a YouTube video of Obama taking a stroll. Call it a draw! nyti.ms/1MR94lY
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Wow. IRS tells its employees not to tell taxpayers when someone else is using their SS# natl.re/SVsRbt
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The view from Nashville. Kausfiles recedes … twitter.com/toddlemmon/sta…
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This song’s so instantly appealing it will probably a big hit and I’ll be embarrassed I ever mentioned it youtube.com/watch?v=HnQ89j…
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Here’s BIden in ’88, coming up with an impressive 4 pieces of biographical BS in one rant nytimes.com/1987/09/22/us/… twitter.com/amandacarpente…
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Chuck Schumer: Rubio ‘Totally Committed’ To Obama’s Immigration Agenda
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Ethnicity matter in politics only when we *say* it matters (e.g. undermining Russian policy, Latino voting). Got it? twitter.com/AnnCoulter/sta…
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Some stereotypin’ going on at State. Don’t tell CAIR twitter.com/AnnCoulter/sta…
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Is it smart of Rubio 2 blast out defense on credit card accusations? Maybe people had never even heard of credit card accusations. Have now!
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“we’re not going to extend the program”–who’s “we”? Rubio can’t say “I”? Blaming Congress or voters? politico.com/story/2015/11/…
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I note yuge omission! Trump *much* more likely 2B constrained by his immig. promises than Rubio. Plus he’s made them twitter.com/MarkSKrikorian…
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Where would we be without “Politico Insiders”? I’d say they’re the new Dick Morris but I learn something from Morris politico.com/story/2015/11/…