Comments for Is It Politically "Pragmatic" to Protect the Big Banks? at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.cepr.net Wed, 22 May 2013 09:10:53 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/is-it-politically-qpragmaticq-to-protect-the-big-banks/#comment-897 Of course, NPR likes to be seen as 'hip', so using the term pragmatic instead of the more precise terms of sucking-up or kissing a## is to be expected. I still like NPR, but their business and economic reporting is almost always inadequate. - Joseph Kennedy Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:45:17 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/is-it-politically-qpragmaticq-to-protect-the-big-banks/#comment-896 also, the meme of 'pragmatism' is underlied by the propaganda against the middle class- that's why raising taxes on people who make over 200Gs (if there are any?) is seen as just another impractical raising of taxes which the american people don't want - frankenduf Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:32:10 +0100