Paul Krugman Reveals Who Really Broke Our Democracy and Why

Paul Krugman starts his Friday column somewhat charitably. "As far as anyone can tell, Paul Ryan, the speaker of the House — and the leader of what’s left of the Republican establishment — isn’t racist or authoritarian," he writes. Then he drops the other shoe: "He is, however, doing all he can to make a racist authoritarian the most powerful man in the world. Why? Because then he could privatize Medicare and slash taxes on the wealthy."...
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