Paul Krugman Blog- The Facts Have A Liberal Bias, Again

n2doc

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Mon May-30-11 03:35 PM
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Paul Krugman Blog- The Facts Have A Liberal Bias, Again

Steve Benen watches an entire panel on Meet the Press condemn Democrats for accurately describing the Ryan plan:

I�m at a loss to understand what, exactly, Ruth Marcus, David Brooks, and their cohorts would have Dems do. Congressional Republicans have a plan to end Medicare and replace it with a privatized voucher scheme. The proposal would not only help rewrite the social contract, it would also shift crushing costs onto the backs of seniors, freeing up money for tax breaks for the wealthy. The plan is needlessly cruel, and any serious evaluation of the GOP�s arithmetic shows that the policy is a fraud.

Which part of this description is false? None of it, but apparently, Democrats just aren�t supposed to mention any of this.

I have to admit that even I am surprised by this. When the gaping holes in the Ryan plan were revealed, I expected the Very Serious People to move on and find a new GOP daddy to idolize. Instead, however, they�ve mostly dug in, condemning anyone who points out that the plan is a piece of junk as being somehow out of bounds.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/30/the-facts-have-a-liberal-bias-again/

Benen's piece is well worth reading too
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_05/what_the_media_establishment_r029901.php

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Jackpine Radical

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Mon May-30-11 03:36 PM
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1. If ignorance is bliss,

Why aren't Americans happier?

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msongs

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Mon May-30-11 04:21 PM
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2. sorry Krugman, we don't have any liberals in leadership positions so....no facts please nt

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zbdent

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Mon May-30-11 05:16 PM
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3. Those medicare vouchers will probably, in the end, be about as worthless as

the "coupons" for discounts on airfare that the airlines "were forced to" reimburse fliers with a number of years ago, in a "settlement" ...

was like "$20 off your next flight at Air X" ...

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n2doc

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Tue May-31-11 08:13 AM
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4. kick n/t

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FLAprogressive

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Tue May-31-11 08:32 AM
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5. Let the GOP double down on Paul Ryan's plan.

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