Steven Pearlstein writes yet another fascinating column, this time an uncharacteristically aggressive piece about the Republican Party's obsession with the term "job-killing". A few poignant quotes:
"What's so curious is that it's hard to find almost any Republican concern about employment homicide during 2008, when George W. Bush was president and the economy was shedding 4.4 million jobs. Given the lag with which economic policy works, the biggest net job loss that could credibly be assigned to Obama during his two years in office would be less than a million."
"There is an unmistakable redbaiting quality to the "job-killing" rhetoric, a throwback to the McCarthy era. It reflects the sort of economic fundamentalism better suited to Afghan politics than American. Rather than contributing to the political dialogue, it is a substitute for serious discussion. And the fact that it continues unabated suggests that Republicans are not ready to compromise or to govern."
Sadly, if any Republicans read this, they would accuse me of writing a job-killing blog post so you can't win either way except to say:
"I am rubber, you're glue, whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you."
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