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rhombus (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:33 PM Original message |
Paul Krugman.... It would be nice if he proposed SPECIFIC plans for a change |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. he provides specific plans daily...on his blog...wonkish and not |
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rhombus (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. no he doesn't |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Krugman better be careful |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. for past several months, his daily blog has specific plans...doubt you've read it |
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rhombus (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. He talks in theory but never gets into the nuts and bolts |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
43. i've got nuts and bolts for ya,the same wall st insiders are trying to protect wall st from hardcore |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Who says you should trust any one person.. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
47. Exactly, it would be nice to see the return on investment and the premises behind them in regards to |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
50. Read one of his economics text books |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. Krugman is an economist not a politian |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. there was/is huge pol will to nationalize: even freshwater economists were on the nationl'n band wag |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. It doesn't translate to the Senate/House |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. His nose seems a little bent out of joint lately. I wonder why. n/t |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. PUMAs are more interested in snark than constructive ideas. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. ad hominum attack! Krugman is not a puma |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. he's not credible what with that bug up his ass about Obama personally for a long time now |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
48. "Krugman is not a puma" |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. And Obama fanatics prove once again that they are no different than Bushies |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. lol, and your hyperbole is no different from the wingnuts and PUMAs |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I voted for Obama in CT's Feb. 5, 2008 primary and on Nov. 4, 2008 |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. so you think using RW/PUMA talking points bolsters your self-righteous indignation? |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Actually, it is you and your fellow Obama fanatics who are borrowing from the RW |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I'm a Kooch fanatic and you're using RW/PUMA talking points calling O supporters Bushies. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. You are using RW talking points to call anyone who will not worship Obama like you |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. Wow... That's more a cry for psychiatric intervention than a post |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. wow ... that's more of a lame personal attack than a post |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. Put it this way, if Krugman was Treasury head, Wall Street would be reeling even worse |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. um |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I meant even MORE money... |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. He's proposed the Swedish model of nationalization. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Does Sweeden have 9 trillion dollars of debt being held in Asia? |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Your point is what? |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. The problem is alot more complex than any other country has ever faced |
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Kdillard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. That's the truth. |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I've never seen such hysteria |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. The banking issue is a symptom of the disease not the cause of the disease |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I 100% agree with you on that. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. FDR saved the rich from themselves in 1933 |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. all the more reason to nationalize....our debt holders want our banks healthy, not sick for a decade |
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rhombus (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. The swedish banks were not multinational giants like CITI and AIG |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Nonsense. No matter how large the corporation |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. That's why these institutions, a.k.a. trusts, need to be busted up |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Its a little more complex than that |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Iceland is a more apt comparison for the US right now |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. How does the stupid claim made in this OP keep getting repeated here? |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. I think it's part of a right-wing smear campaign, honestly. - n/t |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
28. Krugman's always months to years ahead. |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
38. That's his only solution -- nationalize the banks. No thanks. n/t |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
45. I criticize him on two points. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
46. Krugman compared Obama's supporters to Nixon's people |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-22-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
51. Krugman v.s Geithner |
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