Yglesias Barometer II
April 9, 2011 1 Comment
The Proud Member Of The Reality-Based Community says,
…you don’t need the details [of the budget deal] to know that substantial short-term cuts in domestic discretionary spending will hurt the poor while harming macroeconomic performance
Of course not! Why would you actually need any details merely in order to draw macroeconomic conclusions?
Now I know the budget deal must be pretty good, and can just go swimming. See how useful the Yglesias Barometer is?
Poor Matt. It’s degrading work to earn your living as a paid shill. It must gall someone with a Harvard education to defend the proposition that 1% == “substantial”.
I don’t have a very good handle on the personality of a M.Y. Does he still feel like he’s doing the Lord’s work, lying for the greater good? Or does he secretly pine for the days when he was poorer but could write what he pleased?