Krugman: Cleaning Up the Economy

Paul Krugman has written an op-ed in the NY Times detailing why the next four years are likely to be better economically than the last four unless Republican-supported policies are put back into place.  From the op-ed:

Bill Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention was a remarkable combination of pretty serious wonkishness — has there ever been a convention speech with that much policy detail? — and memorable zingers. Perhaps the best of those zingers was his sarcastic summary of the Republican case for denying President Obama re-election: “We left him a total mess. He hasn’t cleaned it up fast enough. So fire him and put us back in.”


Great line. But is the mess really getting cleaned up?


The answer, I would argue, is yes. The next four years are likely to be much better than the last four years — unless misguided policies create another mess.

Krugman doesn't overly-laud the president.  He simply doesn't buy anything that the Republicans are selling.  Great line by Clinton, BTW.  Glad that it was noted.
  7 September 2012