Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

The point is that Ryan's budgets were always obvious frauds. The concrete policy measures were huge tax cuts for the rich and savage but smaller benefit cuts for the poor, with the net effect being to *increase* the deficit 2/ https://t.co/r0JbCxY2kw — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 25, 2020 Hibernated

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Remember Paul Ryan? Neither do I. But from ~2010 to 2016 much of the news media treated him as the ultimate Very Serious Person, the great crusader against budget deficits. Now he's bringing his trademark — the magic asterisk — to the business world 1/ https://t.co/6RC0hJxe6O — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 25, 2020 Hibernated

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To turn these into "deficit reduction" plans Ryan simply announced that he would raise revenue by closing unspecified loopholes, and reduce spending by eliminating unspecified programs. Just trust him! 3/ https://t.co/VC0OUkT1g8 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 25, 2020 Hibernated