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April 01, 2010
A Palin lie becomes a Krugman truth
Remember when "death panels" were considered a right-wing crackpot conspiracy theory? Well, via Adam Bitely, I learned that it turns out that not only were the death panels there all along, but they're a good thing! A cost saver, don't you know. So explains Paul Krugman (who as a left-wing economist ought to know about such things): Below the Beltway has the transcript: PAUL KRUGMAN, NEW YORK TIMES: Think about people on the right. They're simultaneously screaming, they're going to send all of the old people to death panels and it's not going to save any money. That's a contradictory point of view.Anyone remember how Sarah Palin was ridiculed for warning about what Krugman has now confirmed? (Yeah, and I was ridiculed too, FWIW.) The moral lesson here is there are some truths that aren't true until they are spoken by leading leftists. posted by Eric on 04.01.10 at 05:05 PM
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Oh, I get it! He means life rationing (which sounds positive) -- as opposed to death panels (which sound negative). Eric Scheie · April 2, 2010 03:28 PM Eric "life rationing" I think the phrase you're looking for is The Complete Lives System, wherein the government decides how fulfilling and complete your life has been and thus when it should end. Darleen · April 2, 2010 11:20 PM You've got it Eric! These aren't death panels, they're life panels! Not the same thing at all. TallDave · April 3, 2010 12:10 AM And, of course, who gets to determine if any particular procedure is effectve or not? Why, the "life" panel, of course. Jeffersonian · April 4, 2010 06:44 PM Post a comment
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No, no, when Krugman says government rationing will be necessary and good, he's talking about a totally different gov't rationing than the one he says Sarah Palin is scaring people with.
His has bigger words, or something. Hey, where's YOUR Nobel? Huh?