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Jingle Bells in His Head: Paul Krugman Monikers Biden’s Insane Climate Bill a ‘Christmas Tree’
NewsBusters ^ | 8/17/2022 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 08/17/2022 10:08:25 AM PDT by JV3MRC

New York Times economics columnist Paul Krugman just stepped on another rake by likening President Joe Biden’s insane $740 billion Inflation Reduction Act to Christmas.

Biden signed his eco-utopia bill into law yesterday, which allocates $369 billion in taxpayer dollars to new climate spending. Right on cue, Krugman released a new op-ed slobbering how he “wrote back in that 2019 thread, ‘If we’re going to pass anything that helps avert [climate] catastrophe, it will have to be a Christmas tree.’” Krugman’s arbitrary usage of “Christmas tree” was in reference to a “bill that offers a lot of specific payoffs to various interests. And if news reports about the signing ceremony are right, today is Christmas.” To that end, Krugman concluded in his infinite wisdom, “Yes, the Inflation Reduction Act is a Christmas tree.”

Krugman justified his Christmas analogy for “the incredible fact” that “we have, after decades of fruitless appeals for action, done something major about climate change.”

To quote Home Alone’s Kevin McCallister's lip sync, “Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; christmas; climate; ira; paulkrugman

1 posted on 08/17/2022 10:08:25 AM PDT by JV3MRC
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To: JV3MRC

“We’re fed up with the green new deal and the socialists who are pushing it.” - Harriet Hageman


2 posted on 08/17/2022 10:24:03 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: JV3MRC
I didn't know "moniker" could be used as a verb.

Of course, I used to say the same thing about "gift."

3 posted on 08/17/2022 10:25:15 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: JV3MRC

Dear Krugdork - there is no climate catastrophe


4 posted on 08/17/2022 10:25:57 AM PDT by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: JV3MRC
Joe Biden’s insane $740 billion Inflation Reduction Act

I'm still trying to figure out how you reduce inflation by spending more (a king's ransom) money????

I must've been sick or skipped that day in econ class.

5 posted on 08/17/2022 11:42:20 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Ultra MAGA!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

That kind of stupid thinking was taught in ART CLASS not Econ.


6 posted on 08/17/2022 11:44:22 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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