Scamonomics
Paul Krugman writes:
It seems to me that there are, essentially, three kinds of people who oppose health care reform: those who are in on the scam, those who want to be in on the scam, and those who don't know they're being scammed. I say the same thing about people who support the GOP, but the theory still fits. Whatever it may have been before, American capitalism is now nothing more than a scam, and we don't have the political courage to put an end to it.
There ain't no such thing as a free market. Give some people the opportunity to rob you blind and they'll rob you blind. Period.
- That’s why anyone who is truly concerned about fiscal policy should be anxious to see health reform succeed. If it fails, the demagogues will have won, and we probably won’t deal with our biggest fiscal problem until we’re forced into action by a nasty debt crisis.
It seems to me that there are, essentially, three kinds of people who oppose health care reform: those who are in on the scam, those who want to be in on the scam, and those who don't know they're being scammed. I say the same thing about people who support the GOP, but the theory still fits. Whatever it may have been before, American capitalism is now nothing more than a scam, and we don't have the political courage to put an end to it.
There ain't no such thing as a free market. Give some people the opportunity to rob you blind and they'll rob you blind. Period.






















