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Check out how Wallace prefaces his first question:

"One of the principal achievements of this country in the last 20 years I think most people will agree is the gradual growth of of social, protective legislation based on the principle that we are our brother's keeper."

Damn. How'd that Overton window get way over there?

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Sun Sep 5th, 2010 at 03:58:49 PM EST
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And Rand's lead-in to her first answer: "[I feel] they everybody feels [about social programs], just more consciously."

Brilliant. Despicable, but brilliant.

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman

by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Sun Sep 5th, 2010 at 04:37:55 PM EST
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Should read: "the way everybody feels..."

The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
by dvx (dvx.clt ät gmail dotcom) on Sun Sep 5th, 2010 at 04:39:08 PM EST
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