I almost always agree with Paul Krugman's opinions, so I'm going to mention somethings from his most recent editorial that make a lot more sense to me than what a lot of other people are saying.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/opinion/bernie-sanders-socialism.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
Speaking of unhelpful political posturing, the runner-up in New Hampshire has also been poisoning his own well. Over the past few days Pete Buttigieg has chosen to pose as a deficit hawk, thereby demonstrating that while he may be a fresh face, he has remarkably stale ideas.
And where Sanders is playing right into one disreputable Republican political strategy, Buttigieg is playing into another: the strategy of hobbling the economy with fiscal austerity when a Democrat occupies the White House, then borrowing freely as soon as the G.O.P. regains power. If Democrats win, they should pursue a progressive agenda, not waste political capital cleaning up the G.O.P.’s mess.
So who will the Democrats nominate? Your guess is as good as mine. What’s really important, however, is that the party stays focused on its strengths and Trump’s weaknesses.
For the fact is that all of the Democrats who would be president, from Bloomberg to Bernie, are at least moderately progressive; they all want to maintain and expand the social safety net, while raising taxes on the wealthy. And all the polling evidence says that America is basically a center-left nation — which is why Trump promised to raise taxes on the rich and protect major social programs during the 2016 campaign.
Krugman goes on to say that Trump lied when he promised to protect SS, M'care etc. Unfortunately, a lot of his supporters still don't seem to realize this.
I know I'm repeating myself, but Krugman's primary point in this editorial is that regardless of who becomes the nominee, we should all support that nominee because any of them will be far superior to Trump. He's just concerned that some of the candidates are saying things that will make them very easy targets by Trump and the Republicans. I agree with his main points.
And why aren't we discussing measures to maintain the House and take back the Senate? I think that is more important than the presidential election because if the Dems have Congress, Trump won't be able to do much more harm. If the Dems don't have Congress, a Democratic president won't be able to get much done.
https://t.co/ZvKkGJIOqz" / Twitter
Let's see if anything comes out of that.
