That was fast
OK, I don’t mean this blog to turn political. I plan to find a new outlet for this sort of stuff and then I won’t interrupt the stream of skulls and creepiness and cat pictures you’ve come to expect. But for now I have to address a question my friend Vero de Rugy raises at NRO’s the Corner blog. She notes that Scott Brown broke with the GOP to support the new jobs bill and writes,
Why? I have no clue. This bill won’t have much effect on the economy. Shouldn’t Republicans grasp that, at this stage? I understand that the bill featured four provisions that might sound appealing to Republicans, and to anyone who doesn’t understand basic economics, including a measure exempting businesses hiring the unemployed from Social Security payroll taxes through December and giving them another $1,000 credit if new workers stay on the job a full year. […] If Scott Brown wants to help the economy recover, he needs to understand that giving with one hand while stealing big time with the other hand won’t do it.You’ll have to take my word for it, but I’ve been saying since he got elected that we’d eventually see Brown shimmy to the center—I just didn’t realize it would be so soon. Why? Because this darling of the Tea Party movement represents Massachusetts, and unless he is unlike every other politician ever, he wants to get re-elected. It would be surprising if he didn’t act this way. All this goes to Vero’s point, which is that Republicans are as much the problem as Democrats. The problem is that we the people want the goodies and the low taxes at the same time, and the politicians are only responding rationally and giving us what we want.
