The New York Times has a good Op-Ed piece by David Brooks,
The Mother of All No-Brainers, concerning current debates about taxation, government spending, and debt in the USA. Here are a few extracts:
The members of this movement do not accept the logic of compromise, no matter how sweet the terms....
The members of this movement do not accept the legitimacy of scholars and intellectual authorities. ...
The members of this movement have no sense of moral decency. ....
The members of this movement have no economic theory worthy of the name. ....
But to members of this movement, tax levels are everything. Members of this tendency have taken a small piece of economic policy and turned it into a sacred fixation. They are willing to cut education and research to preserve tax expenditures. Manufacturing employment is cratering even as output rises, but members of this movement somehow believe such problems can be addressed so long as they continue to worship their idol.
Read the full article to find out who the members of the movement are.
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