Today's New York Times (savor this headline, if you would)...

America Goes Dark

The lights are going out all over America — literally. Colorado Springs has made headlines with its desperate attempt to save money by turning off a third of its streetlights, but similar things are either happening or being contemplated across the nation, from Philadelphia to Fresno.

Meanwhile, a country that once amazed the world with its visionary investments in transportation, from the Erie Canal to the Interstate Highway System, is now in the process of unpaving itself: in a number of states, local governments are breaking up roads they can no longer afford to maintain, and returning them to gravel.

And a nation that once prized education — that was among the first to provide basic schooling to all its children — is now cutting back. Teachers are being laid off; programs are being canceled; in Hawaii, the school year itself is being drastically shortened. And all signs point to even more cuts ahead.

Yes, this is all truth. Yes, it's going to get very, very much worse, before it gets better.

Yes, Leftism as a moral disease and an economic system must fail for things to improve.

Krugman is in Lefty Denial! He writes "...federal government...isn’t cash-strapped at all." Really? Sell more Federal bonds, he says, to give to States who are going broke. Who would buy these bonds of which you speak, Krugman, and who will pay the interest on these bonds? The unborn generations?

Oh, and Krugman repeats more of the failing Liberal Mantra: "Raise Taxes". You've some thin gruel, Krugman. Raising taxes is exactly the wrong thing to do, as you will see soon enough, if the so-called "Bush tax cuts" expire on January 1.

And, this unbelievable bit of Krugman: "...if you look at government spending as a whole you see hardly any stimulus at all." Forget your hero economist Keynes, then! He's likely rolling over in his grave right now, seeing how badly his ideas have failed! That economic tool, Keynesian economics, was proven disastrous prior to WWII, and can't be fixed. Keynesian economics is failed economics, by your own admission, Krugman. What more proof do you need?

Unless you want to admit that much of the $3.27 Trillion in stimulus costs were misdirected; those funds being largely funneled to Democrat special interests; which means Democrats have acted like 'kids in a candy store' with this 'spread the wealth to our VOTERS!' spending spree once Democrats assumed power? Stimulus monies that are still set aside to assure that 'hand-me' moochers will continue to vote for their favorite Democrat looters?


Atlas is shrugging, Krugman. Your far-leftist dreams of nirvana are failing. You've managed to kill the productive spirit of the true producers of this Nation; who are NOT going to hire or spend until Obama and Democrats are completely out of power.


So get used to the dark, then, all of you Leftists. You will finally learn the hard way just what a disease Leftist Liberal Fascism really is.

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