I'm not very happy today. First of all Bruce Bartlett got me worked up over Conservative lack of care for the American worker. Again, let me underline, these are not bums, but hardworking Americans who worked in Manufacturing.
Well, then I read Bob Herberts column at the Times today, and he reminded me about the luck President Bush has. He gets the whole month off, lucky devil. Although he has had a meeting with his top economic advisors (Larry, Curly, and Moe).
President Bush and his clueless team of economic advisers held a summit at the president's ranch in Crawford, Tex., yesterday. This is the ferociously irresponsible crowd that has turned its back on simple arithmetic and thinks the answer to every economic question is a gigantic tax cut for the rich.
Their voodoo fantasies were safe in Crawford. There was no one at the ranch to chastise them for bequeathing backbreaking budget deficits to generations yet unborn. And no one was there to confront them with evidence of the intense suffering that so many poor, working-class and middle-class families are experiencing right now because of job losses on Mr. Bush's watch.
Herbert suggested that perhaps President Bush would benefit from spending some time in the real world. I'm not sure how you do that as President, but certainly the Bush economic plan looks more and more like wishful thinking.
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