Today and yesterday, there were opinion columns in the NY Times about GWB's latest proposals for Social Security. They nicely displayed two opposed ways of looking at the world, I think.
On the one side, we have the ever-smug Mr. Brooks, lambasting the Democrats for lambasting GW's latest proposal. "You said you wanted sacrifice, well now he's asking for sacrifice! And what do you say? You attack his plan..." Yea, yea. Of course, he takes GW's plea for truth. When the prez says he's calling on us all to sacrifice in order to save the system, he accepts that at face value. In the end, his column is simply cheerleading for his man, GWB, and he uses sarcasm, and stupid jokes to make his non-point.
On the other side, we have Krugman, who loathes GWB, and makes no secret of it. He actually analyzes the numbers behind the plan and shows that the "shared sacrifice" is not shared at all equally, revealing GWB's plan to be yet another sop to the rich. Krugman has his strong point of view, but he backs it up, instead of yammering on. I've never read any analysis by Brooks, but then maybe he's broadened his portfolio from "pop sociologist" to "pop economist."
On the one side, we have the ever-smug Mr. Brooks, lambasting the Democrats for lambasting GW's latest proposal. "You said you wanted sacrifice, well now he's asking for sacrifice! And what do you say? You attack his plan..." Yea, yea. Of course, he takes GW's plea for truth. When the prez says he's calling on us all to sacrifice in order to save the system, he accepts that at face value. In the end, his column is simply cheerleading for his man, GWB, and he uses sarcasm, and stupid jokes to make his non-point.
On the other side, we have Krugman, who loathes GWB, and makes no secret of it. He actually analyzes the numbers behind the plan and shows that the "shared sacrifice" is not shared at all equally, revealing GWB's plan to be yet another sop to the rich. Krugman has his strong point of view, but he backs it up, instead of yammering on. I've never read any analysis by Brooks, but then maybe he's broadened his portfolio from "pop sociologist" to "pop economist."
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