Posts tagged “Alan Greenspan”
Greenspan Throws A Curveball
Over the last week, various Republicans in Congress have distinguished themselves by arguing that the Bush tax cuts desperately need to be extended — without any effort to pay for them — because that’s what the economy oh-so-desperately needs. Forget job creation, forget any form of stimulus; the magic potion is tax cuts. And they [...]
Andrea Mitchell Grants Absolution
Patrick O’Connor in Politico: Forget Rush Limbaugh. For all the focus on the king of conservative talk, Democrats may have found a more important villain in House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, a telegenic young Republican trying to bring life to his party on Capitol Hill. Andrea Mitchell, MSNBC news anchor, to Eric Cantor yesterday (after [...]
Greenspan Goes “Who, Me?” Again
As everybody already knows, Alan Greenspan had nothing — absolutely nothing, I tell you — to do with fostering the housing bubble (and, therefore, the meltdown of the economy). But just in case there’s someone out there who still nurses irrationally lingering doubts, Greenspan presents yet another argument in his defense (in the WSJ, this [...]