Krugman says G.O.P. is illogical (dade)

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Nobel Prize winning economist, New York Timers columnist and professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University, Paul Krugman, said in a recent column that Republicans are now waging a "war on logic". Krugman arguments are logical and perspicacious.

"We are, I believe, witnessing something new in American politics. Last year, looking at claims that we can cut taxes, avoid cuts to any popular program and still balance the budget, I observed that Republicans seemed to have lost interest in the war on terror and shifted focus to the war on arithmetic. But now the G.O.P. has moved on to an even bigger project: the war on logic. "

"The key to understanding the G.O.P. analysis of health reform is that the party's leaders are not, in fact, opposed to reform because they believe it will increase the deficit. Nor are they opposed because they seriously believe that it will be "job-killing" (which it won't be). They're against reform because it would cover the uninsured -- and that's something they just don't want to do."

"And it's not about the money. As I tried to explain in my last column, the modern G.O.P. has been taken over by an ideology in which the suffering of the unfortunate isn't a proper concern of government, and alleviating that suffering at taxpayer expense is immoral, never mind how little it costs."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/opinion/17krugman.html?_r=1&ref

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