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Tim Cavanaugh Talks GOP Primary, Cabinet of Dr. Krugabe, and Solyndra: PJTV
Reason.com managing editor Tim Cavanaugh
sat down with PJTV's The Front Page last
week.
Topics: Who's going down in the next winnowing of the Republican herd?
Is the Solyndra scandal a reflection of the Obama Administration's Chicago politics or just a refraction of it?
And who will get Paul Krugman out of debt after we have all followed Paul Krugman's advice?
Also on the panel: Front Page host Allen Barton and Investor's Business Daily's Terry Jones.
Here is the section on the Republican primary race.
Part II Paul Krugman's economic offenses.
Part III Something saved from the shards of Solyndra. [Note my error: Secretary of Energy Steven Chu was questioned by the House of Representatives, not the Senate.]
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protefeed|1.9.12 @ 3:59PM|#
The economist arguing about Krugman's assertion that the federal debt is "money we owe to ourselves" fell into the same statist mindset as Krugman, just not as much of it, when he said "we" owe it to "individual investors".
There is no "we". I am not part of the federal government. They are a bunch of thugs stealing my money and freedom. "THEY" owe it to "individual investors", just as if a mafiosa in my neighbor ran up a bunch of debt to loan sharks and tried to extort the money to pay off the loan sharks from me. In that case, despite him trying to steal from me, the loan shark debt is still his debt, not mine.
squarooticus|1.9.12 @ 4:17PM|#
+1. People in general need to stop using the word "we" in reference to actions of the government. It's a hard habit to break: even I do it occasionally.
|1.9.12 @ 4:48PM|#
They also need to stop using the word "They", regardless of capitalization.
ryan|1.9.12 @ 7:08PM|#
As long as you're a US citizen, the debt is partially yours. Regardless of the moral validity of the US' legal system, you abide by it, renounce citizenship, or accept that you may be subjected to punishment. The US remains a country governed by elected officials, limited (or not as the case may be) by the Constitution. And unless you are actively and thoroughly rebelling against that institution, you accept it tacitly.
Conforming to accurate semantic technicalities doesn't necessarily indicate a statist mindset. Complain about something that matters.
jt|1.10.12 @ 7:22AM|#
if i possessed a million-strong army near your residency and claimed your lack of will to just pick up and leave in essence a voluntary contract with the government, i can do the same to you too, without having to explain it through a uselessly long winded paragraph.
WWJGD|1.9.12 @ 6:08PM|#
+1 for the Dr Caligari reference.