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Paul Krugman said Romney would be wedded to Ryans economic policy prescriptions which have become too entrenched on the right: Above all, massive tax cuts for the rich and draconian spending cuts on programs for the less fortunate, which Krugman argues will amount to an upward distribution of income plan.
Youre never going to get people in the Republican Party accepting the idea that unemployment and food stamps insurance are expansionary, he said. That they are actually policies that are good for employment. Theyre too wedded to the notion that the undeserving poor
are the cause of unemployment. So I think theyre basically incapable of doing what needs to be done to support this economy.
[...] Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, arguably the most influential outside figure among modern Republicans, says Romneys role would be to rubber-stamp Ryans agenda.
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(18,795 posts)but could never win the presidency. So all he needs is a stooge.