Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

So it was a weird moment in which a panicked GOP accepted a center-left agenda. And Biden is now building on that 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Those enhanced UI benefits, in particular — probably the single most important misery-reducer — were Ron Wyden's idea. Remember, also, that Trump officials kept floating useless proposals for corporate tax cuts 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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When disaster struck, Rs literally had no idea what to do — if it doesn't involve tax cuts or punishing people, their minds are empty. Yet this was bad enough that even they realized that something had to happen. So they basically signed on to plans devised by Ds 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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You may wonder how we managed to do so much big spending on people in need while Trump was in office. My take is that we were helped by the GOP's haplessness when it came to substance 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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A very good article. Many liberals are in denial about this; they've been conditioned by experience to see the US falling short, which we often do. But not this time, on this issue 1/ https://t.co/VD1I7rMm7x — PolitiTweet.org

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Big giveaways don't make people try harder https://t.co/PDyc051gqE — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytopinion: . @PaulKrugman responded to readers commenting on his column "Good Luck to Republicans if Biden’s Family Plan Becomes Law."… — PolitiTweet.org

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The fact that we don't have a well-established child care system — or a powerful child care industry lobby — means that the plan can be less intricate and less easily demagogued than health reform (except for those who believe that all good things are Communism) 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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In fact, child care would in important ways be easier than health care reform. The big problem Obamacare had to confront was the existing crazy quilt of private insurance, which it tried to disturb as little as possible; this added a lot of complexity 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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I'm being bombarded by claims that a national child care program is impossible — that there would be no way to police the use of the funds, that the administrative burden would be immense, etc. But many other rich countries already have such programs! 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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This Onion classic was about mass shootings, but it also applies to things like universal healthcare and now universal childcare 1/ https://t.co/b00fz2sdG4 — PolitiTweet.org

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Republicans seem to be panicking over child care, denouncing it as an attack on American values. Why? Because it's a very good idea that will be immensely popular if enacted https://t.co/Sd5dZK4rE5 — PolitiTweet.org

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via @NYTOpinion https://t.co/tCOcaCkBAO — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ddale8: Monday: Nonsense about Biden trying to dictate people’s meat consumption is widely debunked, Fox News anchor admits on air that… — PolitiTweet.org

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Don’t I get royalties whenever someone talks about zombie ideas? Good article anyway — PolitiTweet.org

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Disqualifying. (Ok, not really, but still) Real New Yorkers avoid it with a will — PolitiTweet.org

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One likely answer: only better educated women earn enough to defray the cost of child care. It's not culture; it's the ugly economics that result from public neglect 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Working mothers are, on average, better educated and better paid than working women in general. But why 3/ https://t.co/23aJnCRh05. — PolitiTweet.org

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The arguments change, reflecting whatever they think might stick. But the bottom line is always the same: no help for people who need it 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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The argument, such as it is, is that we should just give families money. So does the right support giving them money? Why, no 1/ https://t.co/p7ZT3C9Aem — PolitiTweet.org

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But it just adds to the sense that Rs have no idea about or interest in policy. It's all mumbles about "big government job-killing socialist", then on to woke cancel culture coming for your hamburger 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Fwiw, this may represent genuine ignorance. Many GOP figures seem unaware that anything good happened between Reagan and Trump. After all, who that they listen to will tell them? 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Obama also substantially increased taxes in 2013, after which we ... gained 10 million more jobs 2/ https://t.co/vkdh2Vwf10 — PolitiTweet.org

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The GOP response to Biden's speech decried "the biggest job-killing tax hikes in a generation," presumably a ref to the 1993 Clinton tax hike, after which we ... added 23 million jobs 1/ https://t.co/b2GF4CjK0g — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @irwincollier: 🔥 — PolitiTweet.org

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Basically, respect needs to be earned. You are who you are and what you've done, and should be treated accordingly, whatever your title.6/ — PolitiTweet.org

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And of course it has always been different rule for Democrats; Obama was as dignified as a president could be, but wild accusation about him and those around him were perfectly OK 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Now it's "how dare you suggest that the lawyer for THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES" is a crook and possible traitor, when everything he's done suggests that this is quite possible 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Under Trump it was "how dare you suggest that THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES" is betraying the nation to Putin, and lining his own pocket at taxpayer expense 3/ — PolitiTweet.org