Re: [Pen-l] Krugman critiques Obama stimulus plan

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Devine wrote:
> 
> Doug Henwood wrote:
> > ... The more I think about it the more the "concession" on
> > tax breaks makes sense in that context.
> 
> but aren't BHO's majorities in both houses significantly larger than
> Dubya's were at the start of his administration? Is BHO's relative
> wimpiness a result of the GOP's relative willingness to use the
> filibuster? Or is it a matter of his representing the corporate
> mainstream, while Dubya and the GOP are more hard-right in nature and
> therefore more willing to see Congressional politics as a form of war?

Any of these specualtions (Doug's or Jim's) MAY be correct -- but they
do represent an attempt at mind-reading, because they deal with Obama's
HIDDEN motive. The only view that corresponds _directly_ to observed
data is that Obama BELIEVES, REALLY BELIEVES, that there should be a tax
cut.

I don't think political judgments should be grounded in mind-reading.

Carrol

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