New Orleans Lucky thing I don’t have the big head, or I would think the folks running the editorial pages for the Times were reading my blogs. How could it be coincidence that today, just as an example, one editorial quotes me almost exactly, and Paul Krugman, the columnist and Nobel Prize winner in economics, …
Tag: War on the Poor
What are Our Odds of Surviving a “War Against the Poor”
Little Rock The chief US economist for JP Morgan Chase warns that the impact in the already implemented reduction in food stamps will deflate the entire economy by .02, which may not sound like a big thing if you are not losing $40 or $50 bucks worth of food for your family this month, but …
Republicans Declare War on Poor with Attacks on Food and Health
New Orleans We’re way across the line now. The place where we could have just shrugged and said it’s all just politics was many miles ago. I’m not sure what it is but the Republicans have plain and simply declared war on the poor. It’s not just that they can’t stand them. It’s gone …