Friday, September 24, 2010
Krugman predicts Republican highways
Once upon a time, a Latin American political party promised to help motorists save money on gasoline. How? By building highways that ran only downhill.And it gets worse, even if you like bananas.
I’ve always liked that story, but the truth is that the party received hardly any votes. And that means that the joke is really on us. For these days one of America’s two great political parties routinely makes equally nonsensical promises. Never mind the war on terror, the party’s main concern seems to be the war on arithmetic. And this party has a better than even chance of retaking at least one house of Congress this November.
Banana republic, here we come.
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