[JimPrevor]

The comeuppance of the Democratic positions that Professor Blinder undertakes to defend is that the government, by taking more in taxes and divvying it up as it sees fit among the populace, reduces the sphere of economic activity from which entrepreneurs can draw sustenance. And that will both make society poorer and less free.

[Steely Tom]

Professor Blinder has his cushy job. Everything else is just theory, at least to him.

[Son House]

Which Blinder is that? #1 or #2?

#1
Transcript of Pelosi, House Democratic Leaders, and Economists’ Press Conference Following Economic Forum 10/21/2009

http://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/pressreleases?id=1414

Economic Expert #1. Alan Blinder 10/21/2009
“So for that reason, despite the fact that we’re looking at an absolutely horrendous long-term fiscal outlook,”

or

#2
Wall St. Journal : The Case for Optimism on the Economy 12/16/2009 | Alan Blinder

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2408814/posts?page=24

Economic Expert #2. Alan Blinder, 12/16/2009
“Let me offer instead, in deliberately one-sided fashion, the case for optimism.”