Friday, February 25, 2011

More from Krugman on GOP Use of Crises to Push Their Agenda

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Krugman is suspicious of a power available to the Wisconsin governor under law to sell public utilities or hire private operators for Wisconsin public utilities without going through a bidding process. Koch industries, which is in this business, denied any interest in these utilities. He also pointed out that a section of the proposed bill gave the Governor unilateral power to cut healthcare benefits to low income families in Wisconsin. Krugman argues that the governor's actions in Wisconsin have nothing to do with budget issues since the unions have already agreed to pay cuts. The governor has created a budget issue in order to carry out several longstanding goals of ultra conservatives. He showed how The Provisional Authority in Iraq attempted to turn Iraq into an example of the ideal conservative state to illustrate these goals.

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