Greg Palast wrote the following, included in his book about the failure of "Trickle Down":
Tinker Bell Pinochet and the Fairy Tale Miracle of Chile
Kinda makes ya wonder about the mindless support for GOP policies, their refusal to provide universal health care and much else. How long will Americans follow failed policies because they ignore reason?
Hmmmm....they're not goose-stepping!
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Zombies of 2016
23 April 15
ast week, a zombie went to New Hampshire and staked its claim to the Republican presidential nomination. Well, O.K., it was actually Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey. But it’s pretty much the same thing.
You see, Mr. Christie gave a speech in which he tried to position himself as a tough-minded fiscal realist. In fact, however, his supposedly tough-minded policy idea was a classic zombie — an idea that should have died long ago in the face of evidence that undermines its basic premise, but somehow just keeps shambling along.
But let us not be too harsh on Mr. Christie. A deep attachment to long-refuted ideas seems to be required of all prominent Republicans. Whoever finally gets the nomination for 2016 will have multiple zombies as his running mates.
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