America's Reasonable Demagogue
by digby
He does have one point.The Bush administration and his Randian pal Alan Greenspan knowingly pumped the housing crisis and Wall Street gambling, resulting in the Great Recession.
And now he wants to destroy any chances of a sustained recovery by pushing a ruthless and brutal austerity regime on the country even as unemployment is high and the housing crisis persists.
So yeah. Governments can look the other way or even consciously precipitate an economic catastrophe. And they will do it again if Paul Ryan has his way.
Which once again raises the question: why isn't the DCCC trying to do every last thing in its power to defeat him? Can there be any rational excuse for it?
Blue America's challenge still stands. And if you'd like to try to defeat this most dangerous of all Republicans, you can do so here.
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