Posted on 08/14/2008 4:07:53 PM PDT by Rufus2007
It's not often someone in the media challenges the liberal point-of-view - especially on the issue of taxes when they become a means to redistribute income.
CNBC "Squawk Box" fill-in co-host Michelle Caruso-Cabrera wasn't afraid to buck the trend and challenge Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama's senior economic adviser Austan Goolsbee.
Goolsbee appeared on the August 14 "Squawk Box" to defend an op-ed he wrote for the August 14 Wall Street Journal outlining Obama's tax plan. Caruso-Cabrera invoked the name of Milton Friedman, an economist who was a primary defender of free markets throughout the 20th century. Ironically, Friedman taught at the University of Chicago, where Goolsbee is a faculty member.
"WWMD, Austin - what would Milton do? Remember that," Caruso-Cabrera said. "Remember your roots - what got you to where you are."
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It's good to see someone - drive-by media or not - stick it to the Obama camp.
Good to know. Sorry I missed it!
If Goolsbe actually knew much about economics he could not associate himself with Obambi. Ergo, Goolsbe does not know much about economics.....
Hard to believe that anyone associated with the Obambi campaign would dare to talk about Milton Friedman, even if only to distort his work. Socialists flee screaming from Friedman’s work and ideas, like vampires terrified of sunlight.
A while back Obama and former GE chairman Jack Welch were on CNBC together. A week or so later Jack was back on CNBC and said Obama didn’t listen to anything he said.(or something along those lines)
What would Karl do?
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