We should balance the budget. If government programs are important enough, we need to pay for them with taxes or make cuts in lesser programs. We've lost that discipline entirely. It seems prudent to avoid the possibility that the people who own our debt will start to worry the U.S. won't pay. That would raise how much it would cost the U.S. to borrow, which in a national emergency, like a war or pandemic, could be critical.
Probably the only people left who think that economics deserves a Nobel Prize are economists. It confirms their conceit that they're doing 'science' … - Robert J. Samuelson
Probably the only people left who think that economics deserves a Nobel Prize are economists. It confirms their conceit that they're doing 'science' …
- Robert J. Samuelson
One intriguing subplot of the economic crisis is the failure of most economists to predict it. Here we have the most spectacular economic and financi… - Robert J. Samuelson
One intriguing subplot of the economic crisis is the failure of most economists to predict it. Here we have the most spectacular economic and financi…
The tendency for politicians to claim credit for favorable news is as natural as flatulence in cows. - Robert J. Samuelson
The tendency for politicians to claim credit for favorable news is as natural as flatulence in cows.
At every stage since World War II, people have assumed that what's happening today will happen forever. Universally, that's been wrong. I can't say i… - Robert J. Samuelson
At every stage since World War II, people have assumed that what's happening today will happen forever. Universally, that's been wrong. I can't say i…
People prefer to be with people like themselves. For all the celebration of "diversity," it's sameness that dominates. Most people favor friendships … - Robert J. Samuelson
People prefer to be with people like themselves. For all the celebration of "diversity," it's sameness that dominates. Most people favor friendships …
In politics, there's a fine line between too much conviction and too little. - Robert J. Samuelson
In politics, there's a fine line between too much conviction and too little.
If President Clinton has his way, we will have a false debate in the 1996 election campaign. It will not engage real political choices - choices fram… - Robert J. Samuelson
If President Clinton has his way, we will have a false debate in the 1996 election campaign. It will not engage real political choices - choices fram…
We have arrived at socialized medicine in America. I do not report this as either a good or bad event but simply as something that has happened with … - Robert J. Samuelson
We have arrived at socialized medicine in America. I do not report this as either a good or bad event but simply as something that has happened with …
I believe we should build a wall - it might or might not slow immigration but it's worth a try and certainly that would provide political cover for t… - Robert J. Samuelson
I believe we should build a wall - it might or might not slow immigration but it's worth a try and certainly that would provide political cover for t…
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