https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/04/stay-angry-paul-krugman/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 01:33:30 -0400<![CDATA[So why is President Obama a “wimp,” according to Krugman, if he starts putting in place the necessary adjustments now? Because Krugman wants to erase the future deficit entirely with tax increases? No–he’s said it would take a combination of “death panels and sales taxes.” … “Death panels” was a joking reference to various methods of cutting health care costs. But is it so clear that those methods, at their semi-rationy margin, are preferable to other methods of cost-cutting–like means testing? Let’s pull the plug on granny so the Kochs can keep getting Medicare benefits? Or pay for Medicare with a regressive VAT?]]>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:25:20 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/04/stay-angry-paul-krugman-n98899