KRUGMAN: Whenever there’s something the GOP doesn’t like-Heritage can be counted on...

[kpete]

OP-ED COLUMNIST
Let’s Not Be Civil
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: April 17, 2011

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When the (Ryan) proposal was released, it was praised as a “wonk-approved” plan that had been run by the experts. But the “experts” in question, it turned out, were at the Heritage Foundation, and few people outside the hard right found their conclusions credible. In the words of the consulting firm Macroeconomic Advisers — which makes its living telling businesses what they need to know, not telling politicians what they want to hear — the Heritage analysis was “both flawed and contrived.” Basically, Heritage went all in on the much-refuted claim that cutting taxes on the wealthy produces miraculous economic results, including a surge in revenue that actually reduces the deficit.

By the way, Heritage is always like this. Whenever there’s something the G.O.P. doesn’t like — say, environmental protection — Heritage can be counted on to produce a report, based on no economic model anyone else recognizes, claiming that this policy would cause huge job losses. Correspondingly, whenever there’s something Republicans want, like tax cuts for the wealthy or for corporations, Heritage can be counted on to claim that this policy would yield immense economic benefits.

more:http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/18/opinion/18krugman.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

[Magron]

1. This is news? Heritage has been a transparent tool of the neonazis for one helluva long time now.

[dreamnightwind]

6. It's news until

every last human in this country knows and understands it. Glad Krugman is pointing the finger that way, there is no way what Heritage says should be given any credibility, yet they are one of the largest players shaping Beltway Think.

[applegrove]

2. This ties into the end of the movie "Inside Job" that talked about how

economists from many universities had been corrupted and given business by wall street. We need some standards in economics.

[Magron]

3. dude..heritage was specifically set up, founded, financed and made for that purpose

[applegrove]

4. You can never learn about something like the Heritage Foundation too many times. Think

of how many times Ayn Rand had her lead characters bash something or someone in in her books. It changes the mind of some of the population when they read it because of the repetative nature of the thesis. Surely we can shine the light on the Heritage foundation often to make sure it sinks in that they make **** up?

[provis99]

5. "Heritage Foundation", "Pioneer Institute", "American Society for Tradition",

why do right wing think tank names always sound like they were inspired by Nazi doctrine?

[lumberjack_jeff]

7. Rhetorical question, right? n/t