Matt Welch Talks Shutdown With Piers Morgan, Government Spending With Stossel
A week ago, I appeared on Piers Morgan's CNN broadcast, and was asked to react to the government shutdown's cruel impact on a…New York City bar owner? Yes, that happened:
If you watch to the end of that, you'll see that the prediction I was put on the spot to make has already not come true.
The day before, I was on Fox Business Network's Stossel, where I talked about the long modern history of Republican politicians being afraid to actually cut government:
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Morgan doesn't understand economics. Who could have predicted that.
Does Morgan want to understand anything?
He strikes me as a very stupid man who has managed to charm and bull his way to where he is.
Jezza needs to punch him in the mouth, again.
"The economy flows when people spend money"
As opposed to when they stuff it under their mattresses, of course.
These people just cannot grasp that money in a savings account is still being spent.
Marc Lamont Hill doesn't understand checks and balances. Who could have guessed that.
Matt, it must be freeing to show up on these shows without being a representative of one of the parties.
The lady who talked right after you started with an anecdote about Boehner and I had this wave of exhaustion wash over me, i dont if she's feeling it or not, but I imagine it's exhausting trying to work pro-republican or anti-democrat messaging into everything you say.
I guess, in order to get the message out, you have to walk through crap like Morgan.
So, Morgan's a crap! I knew it! How many Courics is he?
That sound right to you?
I care naught for these interviews but for to identify what tie matt wears. The same? Different? New? Old classics? We shall see.
I must confess, they are both unknown to me. The second... not bad. Purplish things always work with pink shirts. The black(?) on purple-shirt, though? Only matt can pull it off. Anyone else would look like the Magician's assistant. Or Craig Sager on a slow day.