Comments for Ending Loser Liberalism and Restructuring the Market Economy at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.cepr.net Sun, 26 May 2013 00:04:09 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/ending-loser-liberalism-and-restructuring-the-market-economy#comment-12421 the conservative messaging machine is spitting out misinformation and has been since 2008 when Obama was elected. Debt=Bad, Democrats=Big Spenders, Defense budget = "free of charge", roots of crisis = too much regulation and government spending. Mr. Baker eviscerates these points quite easily in almost everything he writes, yet few in positions of power or influence seem to be reacting. We see this republican pablum being parroted daily by some of even the most liberal media outlets with little critical examination. From a strictly political/populist perspective, I don't for the life of me understand why the points that Mr. Baker raises in this piece and his book(s) on the subject are not adopted and hammered over and over by Democratic leaders up to and including the White House. Mr Obama surely knows the power of the Fed and the Treasury and they role they play in our current situation. He also has other tools available to him to influence a variety of factors where the economy is concerned. Instead, Obama and the Democratic Leaders in Congress prefer to buy in to or at least do nothing to refute the fallacious arguments pressed from the right. It's as if they are either inept politically or are complicit. If there is a 3rd option here I don't know what it is. When an overwhelming percentage of the US population is in favor of Social Security and Medicare, while at the same time, the Democrats and Republicans seem to be trying to figure out how to dismantle both systems, you have to conclude there is something more to the equation than simple democratic processes. - vipersdad Thu, 27 Oct 2011 06:32:18 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/ending-loser-liberalism-and-restructuring-the-market-economy#comment-12320 Good stuff, Dean. I love your writing style. Short, blunt, and specific. Keep up the amazing work. - JSeydl Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:57:38 +0100