Mitt Romney has said that his comments about not caring about the very poor were taken out of context. But the more context you give them, the worse it gets.
Gov. Mitch Daniels got so much wrong in his reply to the president’s State of the Union address. To really create jobs, it takes a cluster, not just heroes.
As Mitt Romney dances around calls for him to release his tax returns, a question about U.S. tax policy comes up: Why do the rich bear a startlingly light tax burden?
What’s with the notion that this country needs a successful businessman as president? Making good economic policy isn’t at all like maximizing corporate profits.
Once again, when politicians and policy makers decided to focus on deficits, not jobs, they proved Keynes right about a slump being the wrong time for austerity.