Daily Archives: 09/09/2011

(Community Matters) The most important contemporary economist, Paul Krugman, likes and is impressed by the jobs plan . . .and I hadn’t heard about the Fed speech. Completely agree about priority of jobs at least same as inflation.

(Community Matters) Pass this jobs bill right away. . . .  The people who hire us to work for them, they don’t have the luxury of waiting 14 months (until the next national election).

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(Community Matters) Did you watch? Who won? Anyone lose? Immediately after, I wrote:

Wrapping up delayed watch of GOP debate. Buy: Huntsman & Romney. Sell: Perry. Neutral: Bachmann. The rest are irrelevant as candidates

But, I’ve come to revise my thinking. Perry was playing to his base. And, to them he must have played very well. He was willing to fight, to insult a sitting president (called him a liar), refute science, lied about the quality of Texas jobs created and anything else that didn’t serve the narrative he’s building.

So, for his purposes (the primary), I think he won. And, I don’t think he’ll withstand the scrutiny of the national press before the American people – he’s corrupt (pay to play) and his policies make life worse for average citizens, albeit quite lucrative for those who play.