freeman2 wrote:You must really want Obama to win in 2012.
Freeman, you're a nice guy. However, I would suggest reading something other than Krugman. I even wrote a letter to the NYT based on today's Krugman column. He knows a lot about economic theory. You know a lot about the law.
Neither one of you has his finger on the political pulse at the moment. Americans are not yearning for a national debt that we can only hyper-inflate our way out of.
As I challenged Krugman, let me challenge you: what specific cuts has the President advocated?
Btw, the GOP has already voted a budget through the House. Have the Democrats pushed one through the Senate? Does the President have one?
Hint: the answers are "no" and "well, he did, but it lost 97-0 in the Senate, failing to garner even one Democratic vote."
So, let me flip it on you: Nice try, Mr. President! If you want to keep borrowing money, you're going to have to do it legislatively. You cannot blackmail the Republicans into allowing you to borrow more. You cannot credibly blame the Republicans when you have failed to make a SINGLE public proposal. By the end of next week, the GOP will have voted on two budget cuts (the Ryan plan and what they will propose next week). Cry all you want, Mr. President, but Americans who are paying attention know that you've not lifted a finger or tried to broker a deal. You have simply expected the Republicans to give you everything you wanted.
That's not how democracies work, Mr. President.