And it remains true.
And while it remains true, they're failing all of us. They have the knowledge to call some of these snake oil policies for what they are. And they don't. So, all that economic hardship coming down the line for all of us. They're partly responsible.
I'd point out, too, that you could level the same criticism, albeit not to the same degree, at climate scientists here. And the economists are at least active in the blogosphere in a more public way. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
And I've pointed out loads of times that few of that 51% have the guts to go public about their beliefs.
I'd almost agree, but I suspect most of them don't understand PR or the media, so if they wanted to go public they wouldn't know how.
The Randroids and looney-toons Chicago vampires not only understand PR, they've had generous funding to help them get the evangelical message out.
Which means that when journos go looking for comments from economic experts, the moderates aren't at the top of their contacts list.
