Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

RT @RichardRubinDC: Stimulus checks are neither stimulus nor checks. Discuss. https://t.co/HFBpBGzuBm — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

We'll be hearing a lot from conservatives who claim to be worried about the burden of debt on our children. Aside from that being bad economics, they should be asked why not, you know, actually help the children? 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Yet there's compelling evidence that helping children isn't just the decent thing to do, it has long-run benefits to society as a whole 3/ https://t.co/eCj6QBQaYj https://t.co/nF9py0waYE — PolitiTweet.org

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How stingy, how lacking in family values are we? Very 2/ https://t.co/IEYRo49tRl — PolitiTweet.org

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Yes! America offers far less aid to families with children than other advanced countries, yet there's strong evidence that such aid has big long-term benefits 1/ https://t.co/WFGz0zho98 — PolitiTweet.org

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Um, guys, no https://t.co/Pykln3opyD https://t.co/cHeG0osISI — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytopinion: What did @paulkrugman have to say to readers who commented on his column, "The Corrupt, the Clueless and Joe Biden"? Read t… — PolitiTweet.org

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Top tax rates at <1/2 Eisenhower levels, a minimum wage adjusted for productivity far below Nixon's, and feeding the hungry = radical leftism — PolitiTweet.org

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Because their policy agenda is deeply unpopular. They can only win if it’s packaged with white nationalism — PolitiTweet.org

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I recently had to take some plane flights (and yes, I am now quarantining, as the law requires) What struck me about the people who took off their masks was how smug they seemed — grinning, constantly looking around to see who noticed their defiance. Childishness that can kill — PolitiTweet.org

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I suspect that while Biden may get some bipartisan support for, say, mask mandates, all key economic measures — even though they shouldn't be partisan — will have to be done through reconciliation 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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To some extent I blame media coverage; why do reports still describe disaster relief as "stimulus"? 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Many Republicans are simply enemies of democracy. But even the handful who have stood up for American values, like Romney, are stuck in an intellectual bubble, unable to think clearly about the crisis 1/ https://t.co/xdiVU4NHVI — PolitiTweet.org

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Vaccination really is a mess. I got notification that I may now be eligible 24 hours *after* I got the email setting up an appointment. I don't really blame the state, which doesn't have the administrative capacity; the feds should have been coordinating this from the start — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytopinion: "By all means, let Biden try to unify the nation," @PaulKrugman writes, "but first, he has to save it." https://t.co/gF0zmk… — PolitiTweet.org

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Yes, that's kind of my point. They were happy to break stuff and hurt people as long as they imagined it was free, but had no real courage. Classic bully behavior — PolitiTweet.org

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Big contrast with BLM demonstrations, which persisted despite far more police violence than the Trumpists ever faced. That tells you a lot 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Best guess: while it's a cliche to day that most bullies are also cowards, it's also true. The Stop the Steal mobs thought they had impunity thanks to Trump. Once it started to sink in that rioters would face serious consequences and Trump was on the way out ... 2/ https://t.co/cahIWaSjGh — PolitiTweet.org

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So, what happened to the insurrection? Maybe I'm jinxing it, but the wave of violence many expected didn't materialize before or on Inauguration Day; there were hardly any demonstrators. Where did all the rage go? 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Gag me with 36,000 spoons — PolitiTweet.org

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American political discourse this week: Biden: Being a vile, horrible person is bad Republicans: Divisive! He just insulted everyone who voted for Trump — PolitiTweet.org

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What I've been saying: now that the books are open, we'll soon learn that the Trump administration failed at every substantive aspect of governing https://t.co/FIw07LDv0N — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @daveweigel: If I heard someone say "racism and lies are bad" in a speech I would simply not say "hey, he's talking about me!" — PolitiTweet.org

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So again, the goal is NOT to juice the economy; it is to help families, businesses, and lower levels of government get through the rest of the pandemic. Don't call it stimulus, and don't tell me what's happening to GDP 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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And the misunderstanding may have really bad consequences. Mitt Romney isn't stupid, and doesn't appear to be evil; but he completely misunderstand what's at stake 2/ https://t.co/mUfBfq76SM — PolitiTweet.org

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Right from the beginning, some of us were very clear about the goal of fiscal policy in the pandemic: disaster relief, not stimulus. But lots of media orgs kept mislabeling things all the same 1/ https://t.co/Xdm1Rspnoh — PolitiTweet.org

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Prediction: we're going to find that this is true of every policy area. Aside from efforts to cage children and so on, it will turn out that the Trump admin was hollow https://t.co/942SoS8nSX — PolitiTweet.org

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Reactions from the GC https://t.co/eRKK7VSNdu — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ben_golub: https://t.co/foHVESz0ms — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jelani9: The President of the United States just used the words “white supremacy” in an inaugural address — and vowed to defeat it. Str… — PolitiTweet.org