tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131761677406025498.post5664564896427385664..comments2023-10-22T07:29:23.630-04:00Comments on EconBlog Review: Can Losing Jobs Be a "Good Thing"?"DoctoRx"http://www.blogger.com/profile/07864962793726539567noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7131761677406025498.post-43905949880169674952009-09-08T00:13:29.436-04:002009-09-08T00:13:29.436-04:00As I recall voltaire when writing Candide was stro...As I recall voltaire when writing Candide was strongly motivated by the pithy maxim Whatever is is right penned by the sometimes competent king of the status quo ah but his name escapes me. As to bipartisan reform that is nonsense when the Republicans are a punch drunk middleweight up against a heavyweight who unfortunately for us has been bought off by his promoter. Then his manager will steal most of his money and he'll be left holding the bag. Obama is much more like Hoover than Roosevelt who didn't do nearly as much in the real world as he did in the world of the day's press monolith. I think your prescription for two more years of dilatory status quo would have Voltaire saying : that is a prescription written by (insert his archenemy's name) own doctor. In litigation the defense has two tactics : deny and deny and delay and delay. Both are on ample display in this muddled Republic which is characterized more and more by Bananas than Jeffersonian reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com